The couple married in a Hindu ceremony (representative)
Yamunanagar, Haryana:
A Muslim man in Haryana’s Yamunanagar, who married a Hindu woman after converting to their religion, and his wife have received police protection following intervention by 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. taking place under the guise of marriage.
The 21-year-old man, who also changed his name, married the 19-year-old woman on November 9 in a Hindu ceremony, 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. .
The police subsequently housed them in a foster home for several days, while following the higher court’s 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, Goyal said.
The girl had previously refused to meet with her family, who during a hearing in the case on November 11 wanted to meet her once, he added.
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