Watch: Young woman protests after man she meant to marry is arrested under interfaith marriage law
Sonu Malik, 21, from Chandigarh was arrested in Aligarh.
The girl who came to #Aligarh to marry a man from another community. pic.twitter.com/aZtliJYgt0
— Anuja Jaiswal (@Anuja_Jaiswal11) December 4, 2020
After 21-year-old Sonu Malik travelled from Chandigarh to Aligarh for an interfaith marriage to a woman, also 21, in court, he was arrested on allegations of forcibly detaining her, according to a report in The Quint.
Malik was taken away by policemen in an e-rickshaw, and arrested by Aligarh’s Civil Line police, The Times of India reported. A video clip (above) of the woman being taken away by policewomen, and protesting that she is not a minor and declaring her love for Malik, has gone viral on social media.
Malik’s arrest comes a few days after the new anti-conversion law came into force. The police issued a brief statement on video (below).
प्रकरण में थाना नयागाँव, मौहाली, चण्डीगढ़ में सुसंगत धाराओं में अभियोग पंजीकृत है, किशोरी के परिजन व सम्बन्धित थाना पुलिस को आवश्यक कार्यवाही हेतु अवगत करा दिया गया है, के सम्बन्ध में #CO_III द्वारा दी गई बाइट । pic.twitter.com/51uHEDruBI
— ALIGARH POLICE (@aligarhpolice) December 4, 2020