RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said love jihad stems from poor family communication and can be stopped via open talks, empowering girls for self-protection, and strict action. Women protect culture; he stressed unity, social harmony, and rejecting blind Western influence at a Bhopal event.
A case of love jihad has been reported from Ratlam, where a man allegedly used a fake Hindu identity to trap a woman in a relationship. After pressuring her to divorce her husband, he refused marriage and threatened her life. Police have registered an FIR and begun investigation.
Salma has an Instagram account called "Teena Hindustani," where she frequently posts videos on Hindu and Sanatan issues. In a recent video, Salma commented on Hindu girls in the "Love Jihad" issue. She claims that Hindu girls don't know what's happening to them. She uses highly abusive language against Hindu girls. She also describes Muslim men accused of Love Jihad as victims.
A woman in Mirzapur was attacked with a blade after allegedly refusing to convert her religion, prompting a swift police crackdown and the detention of seven suspects.
Court documents show sustained pressure, jamaat confinement and threats used to keep Shubham under control, even as the original rape and POCSO case filed against him continues despite his conversion and compliance with the accused family’s demands.