Click to play videoThiruvananthapuram: The concept of 'love jihad' sprung on the radar after a Kerala High Court judge hearing a case of alleged forcible conversion refereed to "rampant love jihad".
The High court subsequently put a stay to a police investigation saying it was wrong to target a community and now police probe have not pointed to any organised attempt to convert Hindu and Christian girls to Islam in the guise of love as alleged by many in Kerala.
But not the Kerala High court, which has issued a stay on investigations into alleged love jihad cases.
Court has observed that it is wrong to target any one community in such a case, and that love and religion can’t be mixed.
"What about the lives of at least 4,000 girls reported by the Kerala DGP. If he is wrong why don't you initiate criminal action against the Kerala DGP. If the police is fabricating as they say, why they should fabricate, why should the police do it. If so take criminal action. Why is it being kept vague?" asks Hindu Parliament Joint Coordinator Rahul Easwar.
The court might have been right in saying that love and religion should not be mixed.
But what many in Kerala are asking is how this time round the court overlooked a crucial order given by another judge which clearly says that close to 3000-4000 girls were converted over the last four years.
While hearing the bail application of two accused in an alleged 'love jihad' case in September 2009, Justice KT Sankaran had said that conversion in the guise of love was rampant in the state.
He said that one of the girls had in court confirmed the offenders intent to convert her. Later, Justice Nambiar had stayed the investigation.
The stay also puts a question mark on the Kerala Police probe into the allegations of 'love jihad'.
By not naming any particular organisation, the conspiracy theory is unlikely to find takers in a court of law.
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