An interfaith couple was allegedly assaulted inside the district court in Madhya Pradesh’s Rewa – the second such incident this month.
According to the police, the Muslim man and Hindu woman had come to register their marriage. Trouble began when the two walked into a lawyer’s chamber and the woman, who was wearing a burqa, revealed her name, police said.
Suspecting foul play, some lawyers demanded to see the man’s Aadhaar card, and upon discovering his religious identity, accused him of “love jihad” before allegedly assaulting him, police said.
Court proceedings had already been halted for the day because of a lawyers’ strike, leaving advocates attending to old files in their chambers.
As the altercation unfolded, more lawyers allegedly joined in, intensifying the attack on the man. Local police were informed and Civil Lines SHO Kamlesh Sahu arrived at the scene with three personnel.
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