Ballia, August 1: A Muslim youth and his brother have been on Sunday arrested for allegedly kidnapping an 18-year-old Dalit girl within the Ubhaon space here, police stated. A video purportedly exhibiting a commotion created by right-wing Karni Sena activists surfaced on-line on Thursday wherein the Dalit girl might be heard saying she was marrying the Muslim man by her personal will.
Nonetheless, the girl's father lodged a criticism with the police in opposition to the person for kidnapping his daughter, police stated. Superintendent of Police Vipin Tada had then stated no ''love jihad'' angle, as alleged by the Karni Sena activists, has come to the fore up to now. Love Jihad: UP Muslim Man Marries Retired IAS Officer’s Daughter After Faking Identification, Forces Her to Convert to Islam.
On Sunday, Tada stated the Dalit girl's assertion was recorded in a neighborhood court docket on July 30 after which police added the SC/ST Act within the case. He stated the person, Dilshad, and his brother Irshad have been arrested from close to Bilthara Highway railway station on Saturday.
The daddy of the Dalit girl on Sunday stated that his daughter had acquired married to a youth of the identical caste in Shahjahanpur virtually seven years in the past. He stated his daughter stayed at her in-laws' place for 2 days solely and returned to her native place.
Dilshad, a resident of a village underneath the Ubhaon police station, had gone for a court docket marriage on Wednesday with the Dalit girl, police had stated on Thursday.
The girl was donning a veil (burqa). The Karni Sena activists current there stopped the 2 and began questioning them. They claimed the girl was a minor and referred to as it a case of ''love jihad'', a time period utilized by right-wing outfits to allege marriage for conversion.
The video additionally reveals some folks threatening Dilshad. The Karni Sena employees forcibly took the couple to Kotwali police station in Ballia metropolis and created a ruckus there too.
A case of kidnapping was registered in opposition to Dilshad on the Ubhaon police station on Wednesday night time on the criticism of the girl's father, police stated.
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