Updated: December 1, 2020 3:38:37 pm
Police also met with the girl’s family and tried to convince them that the two were legally married and that they should be allowed to live together according to their wish, the SP said. (Representative image)
A Muslim, 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.
Haryana Interior Minister Anil Vij had said last week that the state government had established a three-member committee to draft a law against ‘love jihad’, a term used by BJP leaders to describe religious conversions. in the form of marriage.
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The 21-year-old man, who also changed his name, married the 19-year-old woman on November 9 according to Hindu rituals, Yamunanagar Police Superintendent Kamaldeep Goyal said Tuesday.
The couple had approached the high court stating that they feared a threat to their lives and personal freedom from the girl’s family, while the opposition to their marriage was a serious abuse of their rights under article 21 of the Constitution. .
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Later, the police housed the duo in a shelter house here for several days, while acting on the high court directive to assess the perceived threat and provide them with security.
Police also met with the girl’s family and tried to convince them that the two were legally married and that they should be allowed to live together according to their wish, the SP said.
The girl had previously refused to meet with her family, who during a hearing in the case on November 11 expressed a desire to meet her once, he added.
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