After razing shops, house of Muslim man demolished in the name of love jihad
The Madhya Pradesh high court has directed the police not to take action on a kidnapping case lodged by the woman’s family.
Dindori: After razing three of his shops, authorities in Madhya Pradesh’s Dindori district destroyed the house of the Muslim man for eloping with a local Hindu woman.
Meanwhile, the Madhya Pradesh high court has directed the police not to take action on a kidnapping case lodged by the woman’s family.
The appeal was filed by the woman’s father against the marriage alleging it as a case of ‘love jihad’. Telling the court that his daughter had been illegally detained, woman’s father filed a habeas corpus plea seeking directions to the police to produce her before him.
However dismissing the plea, the court noted in its order, “She has categorically stated she has decided to marry… of her own free will and not under any compulsion. She has also stated that as of now she is not interested in interacting with her parents or family, and will do so at a later stage.”
Saying that it understood the concern of the woman’s family, the Court however, pointed out that it cannot compel the woman as she is a 26-year-old capable of making her decisions.
Three days after an FIR was filed on April 4, the Dindori district administration razed three shops belonging to Khan’s family.
The next day, Khan’s single-story house, registered in the name of his father, Haleem Khan, was demolished right under the nose of police. Haleem Khan, his wife and his two unmarried sons were forced to leave Dindori.
Meanwhile, a video emerged online of Sahu affirming that she had willingly chosen to marry Asif Khan.
Sahu demanded action against her family for destruction of property belonging to Khan’s family and pleads to the SP and the chief minister, saying that unless action is taken within two hours, she and her husband would take their own lives.
BJP ruled states go on the demolition spree against Muslims citing one or other reason. Homes of mostly Muslims were razed in Gujarat, Delhi and Madhya Pradesh during recent weeks, following communal clashes on and around the time of Ram Navami.
