The police in Uttar Pradesh stopped a Muslim man from marrying a Hindu woman in Lucknow despite the consent of their parents, saying they ...
The police in Uttar Pradesh stopped a Muslim man from marrying a Hindu woman in Lucknow despite the consent of their parents, saying they would first have to take permission from the state authorities under the new anti-conversion law that targets “love jihad”, The Indian Express reported on Friday.
The police action was based on complaints they received from members of the Hindu Yuva Vahini, a right-wing youth outfit founded by Chief Minister Adityanath.
The wedding was supposed to take place on Wednesday in Lucknow’s Duda colony. But minutes before the ceremony started, a team from the Para Police Station reached the venue and told the couple that they could only marry with the permission of the Lucknow district magistrate.
“On 2 December, we received information that a girl from one community was wanting to get married to a boy from another other community,” Suresh Chandra Rawat, a senior Lucknow police officer, told NDTV. “We called both sides to the police station and handed them a copy of the new unlawful conversion ordinance and both sides have given written consent that as per law, they will inform the DM [District Magistrate] and get his permission before moving ahead with things.”
Para Station House Officer Triloki Singh told The Indian Express that the wedding was...
