Need vigilance committees to rescue victims of Love Jihad – Advocate Shailesh Kulkarni, Bombay High Court, Goa.
Ramnathi, June 21 (News.) – Love Jihad incidents are occurring in large numbers across the nation. Religious fanatics introduce themselves as Hindus to Hindu girls, and later wed her. As the girl is already under the boy’s spell, she does not leave him and starts acting as he tells. If she doesn’t, she faces physical violence. One day her whole life is ruined. Hindu organizations should set up vigilance committees to rescue girls trapped in love jihad, said Advocate Shailesh Kulkarni of the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court. He was speaking on the sixth day of Vaishvik Hindu Rashtra Mahotsav (21.6.2023).
Advocate Shailesh Kulkarni narrated his personal experience of how he rescued a Hindu victim of Love Jihad. He said, “A Hindu girl from Goa was working in Pune. A religious fanatic assumed a Hindu identity and became acquainted with her and later married her. He then pressured her to become a Muslim. She was thrashed regularly. She started wearing hijab, veil and black clothes. The fanatic also threatened to kill her if she did not convert. She sent a message to her father through her friend that she was in trouble. Her father approached me. I went to Kothrud with her father. The Pune police were informed and they accompanied us to the victim’s house. Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists in Pune were also informed. At first the girl refused to accompany us but then we took her to the local police station. Here, we took the Hindu victim into confidence, and she shared all the information with the police. But, in her written statement, the girl said that she left with the boy of her own accord and refused to file any complaint against the boy. This shows that the Kerala Story has now reached our doorstep. To stop this, we can also start a movement called ‘Papa, Please Help Me’.