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Supreme Court asks NIA to probe Kerala ‘love jihad’ case

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 8/16/2017 12:06:26 PM

Earlier, the apex court ordered the Kerala Police to assist NIA in submitting its report in the case of a Muslim man whose marriage to a Hindu woman was annulled by the Kerala High Court.

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to probe the religious conversion of a 24-year-old woman in Kerala. Akhila, alias Hadiya, married a Muslim man, Shefin Jahan, after converting to Islam. Their marriage was annulled by the Kerala High Court on May 24.
The NIA probe will be led by former Supreme Court judge R V Raveendran. Earlier, the apex court ordered the Kerala Police to assist NIA in submitting its report in the case.
In December last year, Jahan married Akhila after she converted to Islam. The state high court annulled his marriage citing ‘love jihad’ and added that it was an insult to the independence of women in the country. Jahan is also facing allegations that he was hired by the Islamic State to convert Hindu women.