Day after: J&K woman caught in ‘conversion’ row wed to fellow Sikh

Wednesday, 30 June 2021Newsdesk

DAYS AFTER an 18-year-old Sikh girl, Manmeet Kaur, was sent back to her family, following allegations that she was “forcibly married” to a Muslim man in Srinagar earlier this month, she was married off to a Sikh man, Sukhpreet Singh, in Srinagar on Tuesday.The ceremony was held at a gurdwara in Pulwama, after which the couple and their families left for New Delhi.

New Delhi, 30 June 2021

As per news report of The Indian Express,“They knew each other and there was no coercion or force used,” Paramjit Singh Sarna, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Delhi president, said. Addressing a press conference, Sarna said “though it has been claimed otherwise, there was no previous marriage and the girl was married only today.” On Saturday, Kaur’s family and other members of the Sikh community had staged protests outside a court here, alleging that she had been “forcibly married” to a Muslim man. Kaur was later handed over to her parents.

Source -The Indian Express