A shocking case of love jihad has come to light where a 16-year-old girl from Jaunpur was married in Bareilly, reported Dainik Bhaskar. The victim and the accused worked together in Himachal Pradesh where he introduced himself as a Hindu. She stated that “Aman” even wore a sacred thread around his wrist (kalawa) and applied tilak on his forehead. He brought her to Bareilly under the guise of marriage. Aman kept the victim in his house as a wife for around ten days and sexually assaulted her. However, she learned later that the young man was a Muslim and his father gave her a new name.
The girl somehow managed to escape from their clutches and reached the police station with the help of a passerby and complained to the authorities. She is a resident of a village in the Sarpataha police station area of Jaunpur district. She revealed, “I used to work with my brother in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur and during this time I met a man named Aman from Bareilly. I am a minor and hence could not marry legally. Aman promised me marriage and claimed to be Hindu. I told him that my family would not agree to this. However, he deceived me and brought me to his house in Bareilly.”
She gave a written complaint at Bithri Chainpur police station on 13th July and disclosed, “On 1st July Aman took me to his village in Bareilly and formed a physical relationship with me as he treated me as his spouse.” However, she discovered his reality after arriving in his village and found out that he had befriended her by concealing his identity. Afterwards, his father tried to force her to embrace Islam. He declared that she would have to become a Muslim now.
The victim added, “I felt homesick and started missing my parents. I then managed to flee from there at night and on the way, a person helped me to reach the police station.” She has demanded legal action against the perpetrator. The rural Superintendent of Police Mukesh Chandra Mishra conveyed that an investigation is being conducted into the matter and further action will be taken after the probe.
