While hearing the Hadiya case today, the Kerala High Court observed that all?the inter-religious marriages cannot be termed love jihad. The Hadiya case is one in which a Hindu woman was allegedly forced to convert to Islam and marry a Muslim man.
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Earlier, on October 7, the Kerala government told the Supreme Court that an investigation by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) was not needed in the case as the state police were efficient enough to carry out the inquiry.
In an affidavit, the state government informed the Apex Court that the state police is competent enough to investigate such crimes.
The government had earlier said that it had no problem with the NIA probe.
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Last month, a group of people had submitted a petition to Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and demanded a probe into the alleged unlawful incarceration of Hadiya, the 24-year-old Vaikom native, who had converted to Islam after marriage.