Banaskantha: A Jan Aakrosh rally was organized by Hindu organizations along with the local BJP MLA in Deesa to protest against Love Jihad. Later, Shashikant Pandya, Gujarat MLA from Deesa constituency, held a press conference regarding the recent case of love jihad and religious conversion. 

MLA Shashikant Pandya said, “The whole Hindu community in a number of about 20-25 thousand people participate in the rally to protests against love jihad.” 

He also said, “Abhi Toh Sirf Angdai hai, Aage Aur Ladai hai” meaning this is just the beginning, and the fight will go on. Muslim youth should stop brainwashing Hindu girls and sisters for religious conversion, otherwise, drastic results will follow, he added.

“Today I’m MLA, yesterday I was not the MLA still I was raising the voice and tomorrow also will keep the raising voice, no one can threaten the Hindu community. 

Again I’m warning these people who in the name of dance classes brainwash girls of our community to do Love Jihad, and why does their community elder don’t stop them?” he asked.

“Gulf countries are financing these acts of Love Jihad but this is India, go to Pakistan and do such things because it won’t be allowed here. If they harass girls in colleges, schools, on pan parlors, etc. I am again warning them that the results will be drastic”, the local MLA concluded. 

The protest rally was held in connection with a recent incident in which five Muslims from Rajpur, Deesa allegedly brainwashed a woman and her children to convert to Islam and forcing the woman’s husband to attempt suicide.

The Gujarat Police on Sunday, booked five accused identified as Aijaz Shaikh, his father Mustafa Shaikh, uncles Alam Shaikh and Sattar Shaikh, and cousin Sohil Shaikh. The police has invoked, IPC section 306 (abetment to suicide), 506 (1) (criminal intimidation), 384 (extortion), 511 (punishment for attempting to commit offenses punishable with life imprisonment) and 114 for an offense committed when abettor present, on the accused people. The Police are further investigating the case.

The accused were booked on the basis of complain filed by the brother of the victim. Complainant mentioned that his elder brother had attempted to commit suicide by consuming poison at Pataleshwar Mahadev Temple in Palanpur. The incident is said to have happened on August 27.

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