Haidari Dal is an informal Islamist vigilante group comprising Muslim men, who engage in moral policing against interfaith couples involving Muslim women and non-Muslim men.
Reports say that Afzal was earlier arrested in this case. His parents apologised to the girl and got him released from jail, but as soon as he came out, Afzal again started threatening the girl to convert to Islam or he would do her ‘Sar tan se juda’ (beheading).
Bareilly Police have concluded that private school manager Sabina Jahid filed false complaint that her neighbours were objecting to national anthem at the school
Sagar further stated that the group warned him against reporting the incident to the authorities, threatening him with dire consequences. He expressed concerns for his life and requested police protection along with legal action against the accused.
The deceased Harbans Lal, aged 79 years, had an ongoing dispute with his Muslim neighbours over the cooking of meat and wanted to put fibre sheets on the wall to keep the smell of meat out.
The PIL challenged an order by an Uttar Pradesh court that defined 'Love Jihad' as an act in which Muslim men systematically target' Hindu women for conversion to Islam through marriage and fraudulently marry Hindu women 'under the pretence of love' in order to convert them.