Protect Hindu-Muslim couple: High Court asks police

Mumbai, November 7: The Bombay High Court asked the police to provide protection to a Kashmiri Muslim woman who married a Hindu in response to her petition alleging that she was being threatened by her kin for marrying outside the religion.

The petitioner Salma is Kashmiri whereas her husband Sunil is from Bihar(Both names have been changed.) Salma's family is based in Pune. She met Sunil when he came to Pune to pursue his MBA.

As per her petition, when her family came to know about her inter-religious affair, her father and brothers took her to Kashmir to marry her off to a local boy of their choice.

However she escaped and married Sunil in Mumbai last month. Since then, her brothers have been threatening her and her husband, she alleged.

(with PTI inputs)