Love Jihad

SP Rajesh Kumar Singh confirmed the incident and said that the accused had been booked for an attempt to murder. "Further sections will be added after the post-mortem reports are made available," he added.

According to Circle Officer Abhay Kumar Pandey, Faizan is currently being held in judicial custody on charges of facilitating suicide. He stated that more inquiry may involve questioning Deepak as well. The officer also asserted that the claims of a "bhagwa love trap" in this case are absurd.

A case has been registered against both of them under sections 354 and 3/5 of the Uttarakhand Religious Freedom Act 2018. An additional section has been invoked on the son for molestation.

The original identity of the accused was exposed after the duo decided to marry each other in March this year. The woman said that while signing the marriage documents, 'Shailendra' wrote his name as Jameel.

Umar Farooq first lied about his religion to trap a Hindu girl in a relationship then threatened her to convert and marry him.

Earlier, several Muslim clerics and leaders of various Islamic organisations have said that a Uniform Civil Code (UCC) is impractical in a country like India which has a number of religious minorities, each with its own way of life.

In Purola, Uttarakhand, Hindus decided that they would not stand by idly while Hindu girls were being brutalised through Love Jihad

Hindu activists, including Swami Yashvir Singh and local Bajrang Dal members, protested in front of the police station after the incident came to light and called for harsh punishment for the perpetrator.

A minor Hindu girl was abducted by two Muslim boys in the Tamarhat area in Dhubri district of Assam.

In another case of Love Jihad, youth named Zihad with an account by the name of Aryan, befriended a Hindu woman on Instagram.