A case of assault and threatening to murder has been registered against the parents of the 22-year-old girl who was at the centre of the 'love jihad' controversy and has gone back on her statement that she was gang-raped and forcibly converted.
Two days after the girl claimed that she felt threatened for her life, the police registered a case under section 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code against her parents.
“The matter is sub-judice,” senior superintendent of police Omkar Singh said, adding that investigation will be started on the directions of the court after the girl records her statement.
The girl had filed a complaint on Sunday with the Mahila police station against her parents, saying that she had run away from her house on her own free will with Kaleem, a Muslim, as there was "threat to her life" and alleged that she was also "beaten up".
In an earlier complaint lodged on August 3, the girl had alleged that she had been abducted, gang-raped and forcibly converted to Islam.
The girl’s father had also lodged a complaint in August in Kharkhauda police station against village pradhan Nawab Khan, cleric Sallaullah, his wife and daughter Nishant for abduction and rape.
“However, the girl approached the women's police station Meerut on Sunday and claimed that there was a threat to her life from her parents',” superintendent of police (rural) M S Begh said.
According to the complaint, her family had forced her to file a false complaint and when she objected, they threatened her with dire consequences following which she ran away from home.
The victim said that she had gone with the boy "on her own free will", controverting what she had said in an earlier statement to a magistrate.
However, the father of the girl has disputed her claim and said she has been threatened to give a retraction statement by one Saddam who forcibly took her to the woman police station on Sunday morning.
The police said that after recording her statement in front of an executive magistrate, she has been sent to Nari Niketan for her safety and protection.
As the incident has sparked an outrage, the Centre sought a detailed report from the Uttar Pradesh government at the earliest while the family of the girl demanded a CBI probe.
