A girl was allegedly assaulted by police and her relatives at a shelter home for marrying her Hindu neighbour.
A court here on Friday asked the Delhi police to provide protection to a girl who was allegedly assaulted by Jammu and Kashmir police and her relatives at a shelter home here for marrying her Hindu neighbour.
"Station house officer of Hauz Khas police station is directed to provide protection to the girl," metropolitan magistrate Saurabh Kulshreshtha said.
Anjum Hussain alias Bhavani, a resident of Jammu who had taken shelter in a hostel being run by V Mohini Giri, former chairperson of National Commission for Women, had alleged Jammu and Kashmir policemen K Khatana and Mohd Arif and her
relatives assaulted her and Giri on March 26.
The Jammu and Kashmir police, which had lodged a FIR against Khemraj for allegedly kidnapping the girl, had sent its personnel to arrest the man who recently married the girl. The couple, fearing for their lives, had fled from their native place after her relatives came to know about their affair, VK Ohri, counsel appearing for the duo and Giri, told
the court.
Earlier, metropolitan magistrate Ravinder Singh ordered that the statement of the girl be recorded by another magistrate under section 164 of the Criminal Procedure Code to
ascertain the truth in the case.
"The Jammu and Kasmir policemen be arrested forth with as the girl, who is a major and Giri, chairperson of NGO Guild of Service, have identified them in the court," Ohri said.
A FIR was registered by Mohini Giri with the Hauz Khas police station against unnamed persons on March 26 under the IPC provisions relating to trespass, assault and outraging the modesty of women. Bhawani, who converted to Hindusim, and married the boy, was sent to the shelter home by noted scribe Nalini Singh, the FIR said.
However, the relatives and Jammu and Kashmir Police knew their whereabouts after tracking their mobile phones and allegedly trespassed into the shelter home and assaulted, attempted to take them away. The court has fixed the matter for further hearing on Saturday.
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