Hindu woman heckled, Muslim husband arrested

2022-12-06

Main Information

  • Victim Names Undisclosed
  • Date of Incident 2022-12-06
  • Nature of Violence Religious Identity Based Violence
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Muslims
  • Name of Perpetrator Undisclosed
  • State Uttar Pradesh
  • City/District Moradabad, Kanth
  • Party in Power BJP

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Kanth
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

A Muslim man and his brother was arrested in UP. They had gone to the sub-division district magistrate in Kanth. The man along with his HIndu wife and his sibling was there to register the marriage. The Bajrang Dal intervened and called the police. In a video that went viral on social media, the Bajrang Dal could be seen heckling the woman for one minute. The police came and arrested the two men under the Love Jihad Law and sent the woman to her parents. The woman’s mother alleged that she was tricked into marrying the Muslim youth. The woman denied her mother’s claims and said that she was with him on her own consent and had been living with hin from the past 5 months.