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News Desk: Workers of VHP and Bajrang Dal chanted ‘murdabad’ slogans at Madhya Pradesh minister Om Prakash Saklecha after hours of waiting outside the circuit house, demanding police action in an alleged case of ‘love jihad’, where a girl named Neelam Ahirwar was allegedly murdered by her husband Tabbu Khan. The police, however, say the man is a Hindu.
Neelam’s father Kishori Lal Ahirwar said “My daughter Neelam eloped with a man named Tabbu, also known as Talib Khan in 2015. She called me on July 1 and said that Tabbu and his family were trying to kill her and forcibly converted her. I went to meet Talib Khan’s family but they did not allow me to see my daughter. The next day they all went missing”
“Talib’s neighbours said that the family left with a woman covered in a sheet. I think they have killed my daughter but the police are not doing anything about it” he alleged.
“The minister was having lunch and our workers were standing in the sun while police had failed to act. The police are now peddling a different story. We will protest tomorrow with evidence that Neelam was married as per Muslim law” he added.
Police said “His name is Tabbu Rajput, grandson of Binde Rajpur, a Hindu family, not Talib Khan. Neelam ran away in 2015 as she was allegedly being pressured by her family to marry. She was sent to Usha Kiran Mahila Ashram by the Child Welfare Committee, and subsequently married Tabbu”
The police said that on July 7 they learned that Neelam was taken to Jhansi for treatment on account of deteriorating health. “A police party had been sent to Jhansi for further information” said SP Sharma.
