No proof of 'love jihad', says Kerala police

The police have found no evidence of 'love jihad' against Christians or Hindus in Kerala.

Director-General of Police Jacob Punnoose on Wednesday told the High Court that it found no Muslim organisation luring girls of other religious background to convert them to Islam.

However, Punnoose says he could not come to "a definite all conclusive finding" due to divergence in contents of reports from SPs of different districts.

The DGP after submitting his report also clarified to the court that what he had submitted was only an interim report and investigations were still carried on in many districts.

The Kerala and Karnataka High Courts had recently directed the police to investigate allegations of 'love jihad', which Muslim groups say is a "malicious-and misinformation campaign" by Sangh Parivar outfits.

The alleged religious conversion racket received more prominence after two female students in a Christian college - one Hindu and the other a Christian - fell victims to the ploy.

According to a leading Malayalam daily, the mission of the 'love jihadis' is to convert non-Muslim girls to Islam by feigning love.

"The 'love jihadis' would get Rs 200 as daily allowance in addition to phone, bike and luxurious dress materials," it said.

"They are directed to trap the girl in love within two weeks of familiarising. If that was not done, they were to leave the girl and go for some other girls. Once they were in love, the boys should convert and marry them in six months."