Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on July 28 urged the state police force to develop a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for probing ‘love jihad’ cases, stating that the root cause of it is forceful religious conversions.
Triple Murder Case In Golaghat Was A Case Of ‘Love Jihad’: Assam CM
The Chief Minister informed that an act will be implemented soon through which the marriageable age will be legally fixed for all communities.
“An act will be implemented soon in the state through which the marriageable age will be legally fixed for all communities, multiple marriages will be stopped and more legislative steps will be taken so that when arrests are made for violating the norms, the accused do not get bail,” Sarma said.
The Chief Minister has been claiming that the recent triple murder case in Golaghat where a Muslim man killed his Hindu wife and her parents was a case of ‘love jihad’. He further said that there have been tragic incidents of girls committing suicides who had been victims of ‘love jihad’.
