NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has asked the National Investigation Agency to probe Kerala's 'love jihad' case related to a Hindu woman converting to Islam and marrying a Muslim man. The court also ordered that the NIA probe will be supervised by former SC judge R V Raveendran.
The NIA told the bench that Akhila Ashokan's conversion to Islam, for marriage to a Muslim man was not an isolated incident. NIA counsel ASG Maninder Singh said that in other cases same players were involved in converting young Hindu girls who had differences with their parents. Kerala Government had asked the apex court if they want an NIA probe. Following inputs from the NIA And Kerala police, the SC decided it would interview Akhila to ascertain her views. While the court initially wanted to nominate former SC judge KS Radhakrishnan as the supervisor of the NIA probe, Shafin Jahan, Akhila's husband, objected to the move.
Arguing on his behalf, senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Indira Jaising said it was an inter-faith controversy and that the SC should be careful in choosing the retired judge. Shafin had moved the apex court after the Kerala high court annulled the marriage.
