Uttar Pradesh: Bajrang Dal workers prevent Hindu girl from marrying Muslim boy in Meerut

The Bajrang Dal workers have prevented a Hindu girl and a Muslim boy from getting married in a court in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, alleging that it was a case of 'love jihad.'

The incident took place on Wednesday when a couple was at the court to get their interfaith marriage registered. 

The woman said that she had gone to Meerut with - Saddam - a labour  contractor from Shamli, out of her own volition. However, their attempt to register their marriage was disrupted by Bajrang Dal.

According to report, Bajrang Dal workers reached the court premises and tried to attack Saddam, but they were lathi-charged when they turned on the policemen protecting the couple.

Later, they were produced before a court in Faridabad, but were let off after the woman testified that she was not abducted as alleged by her uncle.

The Meerut police handed over the couple to the Haryana police, who had arrived in Meerut looking for them, Superintendent of Police Man Singh, told The Hindu.

Police said that Krishna became friend with Saddam three years ago when she was pursuing B.Tech from an institute in Greater Noida. But they were in touch even when she dropped out of her engineering course when she left to live with her uncle, who is a head constable in Delhi police.

Balraj Dungar, the coordinator of the Bajrang Dal in western Uttar Pradesh has accused the police of facilitating 'love jihad'. 

"We are proud that we did not let a Muslim boy manipulate a Hindu girl into marrying him. We would never let Muslim boys marry Hindu girls,” Dungar told the daily.