Investigative site Cobrapost on Monday blew the cover on how right wing groups joined forces to fabricate the concept of Love Jihad, with the complicity of the state administration and the police force, through a month-long sting operation conducted with the help of AAP leader Ashish Khetan's Gulail.

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Speaking to several leaders with a hidden camera, the crew spoke to leaders from the BJP, the RSS and the VHP, many of whom admitted to harassing Hindu women in relationships with Muslim men. This includes BJP Lok Sabha MP from Muzaffarnagar and Minister of State for Agriculture Sanjeev Balyan, BJP MLA from Thana Bhawan Suresh Rana; BJP MP from Kairana Hukum Singh; BJP MLA from Sardhana Sangeet Som, BJP MLC from Mangalore Captain Ganesh Karnik and advocate Jagdish Shenava, VHP's Mangalore district president, amongst others.

Saying that Muslims are the ones to incite communal hatred in Uttar Pradesh, Balyan spoke to a panchayat in the aftermath of the Muzaffarnagar riots, denying any case of rape. "I don't consider anyone guilty. The day when they did it [rape], they did not have any enmity with anyone. I don't consider anyone guilty," said Balyan.

Speaking about a case of fabricated gangrape against three Muslim boys who went out with a girl, Suresh Rana admits on camera to forcing the girl to file a false complaint. "We charged them with rape, but it wasn't rape, it was consensual. We slapped a rape case against them to teach them a lesson. The girl wasn't ready to give a statement against them," said Rana.

Hukum Singh says that in a scenario where the girls refuse to lie, the strategy is to catapult the BJP to power and create an atmosphere. "The strategy is to let Modi come to power, then no Mohmmedan will dare look at any of Hindu girls let alone touching them," says Singh. BJP district level leader Sanjay Agarwal's said that physical coercion was routinely used. "We beat the girl if she does not listen," said Agarwal.

Those caught on camera said that most of these girls are forcibly 'rescued', even when none of them approach the government for rescuing. They also speak of how they filed cases, and mounted pressure on the state administration. The also speak of coercing the women through emotional blackmail and physical abuse. They also distributed inflammatory documents to the public, and ran counselling centres.