VHP gives ultimatum to cops to 'recover' Sikh girl

Bareilly: Two days after vandalizing a police station in Bareilly, activists of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) have now given an ultimatum to Shahjahanpur police to recover a "minor" Sikh girl who had allegedly eloped with a youth belonging to another community in Nigohi on October 15.

The district president of VHP and Bajrang Dal Rajesh Awasthi along with local representative of the Sikh community VP Singh and several other members have given a memorandum to ADM Girijesh Chaudhary on Thursday.

Rajesh Awasthi told TOI, “People of a community are targeting our daughters, converting them and forcefully marrying them. A 17-year-old girl belonging to Sikh community is the latest victim of ‘love jihad’, but we won’t allow this to happen. We have given 24 hours to the police and the district administration to recover the girl. If they fail to do so, then we will protest at Nigohi police station until the cops take action.”

Sikh community member VP Singh said, “We are concerned about the girl's safety as police didn’t take action despite the complaint that was lodged last week.”

However, the ADM said, “The grievances of the protesters were shared with police and we have ensured swift action in the case.”


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