Daijiworld Media Network - Kasargod (SP)
Kasargod, Jan 20: A girl student of a college here, who had gone missing some days back, was found to have eloped with a youth from another religion. The girl appeared in the court on Monday January 19 in the company of a youth with whom she had eloped, as well as some others who had come to support him. She was found to have been converted into another religion. During this time, the father of the girl, who was desirous of taking his daughter home, and the group that had come in her support grappled with each other in the court premises.
As a result, proceedings in the court of the magistrate (first class) here was disturbed for sometime. The proceedings were halted, during which time the police tried to disperse the clashing groups. In this tussle, additional police sub-inspector of Manjeshwar station, P Vijayan, suffered injury to his hand. Taking into account tense situation, additional policemen led by the local police circle inspector, P K Sudhaklaran, rushed to the spot and resorted to light lathi charge to chase the people out of the place.
The incident occurred at around 12.30 pm. The father of the girl in question had come with several of his supporters for escorting his daughter home.
A student of the local government college, who hails from Chandrapara here, who is aged 18, had gone missing since January 15. In his complaint filed at Badiyadka station, the girl's father had stated that a 20-year-old youth belonging to another religion from Santosh Nagar too had disappeared from this date.
On Monday, when the girl appeared in the court, she was seen to have undergone religious conversion. The girl and the youth were produced before the magistrate by the police after quelling the disturbance. The girl told the court that she was in love with the above youth, and that she had gone with him on her own accord. When she was questioned whether she was ready to accompany her parents, she replied in the negative.
The court, however, noted that the youth had not yet attained marriageable age. Therefore, it did not permit the girl to go with him. However, it said she was free to go to a place of her choice, after which the police said that she would be accommodated in the government Mahila Mandiram here.