A Muslim man, who converted to Hinduism before marrying a Hindu woman, and his wife are under police protection following the intervention of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
Yamunanagar Superintendent of Police, Kamaldeep Goyal on Tuesday said that the 21-year-old man, who has also changed his name, married the 19-year-old woman on November 9 as per Hindu rituals.
The couple had approached the high court stating that they feared a threat to their lives and personal liberty from the girl’s family, while further submitting that opposition to their marriage was a serious abuse of their rights provided under Article 21 of the Constitution.
The police later lodged the duo in a protection home here for several days, while acting on the high court’s directive to evaluate the threat perception and provide them security.
The girl had earlier declined to meet her family, who during a hearing in the case on November 11 expressed the wish of meeting her once, he added.
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij had last week said the state government has set up a three-member committee to draft a law against ‘love jihad’, a term used by BJP leaders to describe religious conversions in the guise of marriage.
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