Kanpur SIT finds 11 cases of Love Jihad: UP to bring strict law to punish Romeo?Jihadists

The Special Investigation Team formed by the U.P government to prove into the Love Jihad cases in the state has found Love Jihad angle in 11 out of 14 cases it probed. In three of these cases, Muslim men used fake names to hide their religion to lure girls. The accused in all these 11 cases are behind bars now. Four Muslim men who are accused in Love Jihad were found to be in touch with each other. These findings prove that there are systematic efforts from the part of Romeo-Jihadists to convert Hindu women in the name of love.

Following Madhya Pradesh and Haryana, Uttar Pradesh is all set to bring law against love Jihad. The state home department has written to Union Law Ministry with the proposal to bring such law. “A strict law against ‘Love Jihad’ will be soon brought in the state. Home Department has sent a proposal to the Department of Law,” news agency ANI quoted UP Home Department as saying.

National General Secretary of the BJP Kailash Vijayvargiya on Sunday said that that law was targeted at inter-religion marriages with the intention or conspiracy to convert religion. He also said at a press conference that “We need to understand the definition of it (love jihad). The law is being made against the conspiracy behind the inter-religion marriages. Love is Sanatan and effortless; it does not see religion or a caste. But if someone loves and marries another person with a plan or intention to convert their religion, this law is from them”.

Foreign funding behind Love Jihad activities is yet to be pondered by the security agencies.