Hadiya’s secret second marriage
Hadiya, the Muslim girl who converted from the Hindu religion and was supported by the banned organization PFI in the controversial Love Jihad case has remarried another person recently in a secretive way. According to Hadiya’s father Ashokan, his daughter few weeks back confirmed him about her “secretive marriage’ with one Khalid Dastagir after divorcing Shafin Jehan, who appealed to the Supreme Court to marry Hadiya.
Hadiya, whose first name was Akhila was studying Homeopathy and got attracted to Islam in 2015. Her father Ashokan approached authorities, accusing her friends from Islam religion and A S Zainaba, the head of Popular Front of India’s (PFI) women’s wing. In the meantime to save from cases of illegal control, the PFI conducted Hadiya’s marriage with one Shafin Jehan. But Kerala High Court cancelled the marriage citing a lot of violations of Islamic traditions in 2016.
Later in March 2018, the Supreme Court approved the marriage of Hadiya and Shafin Jehan, after taking her version. PFI fielded senior lawyers Kapil Sibal and Indira Jaisingh. Later Enforcement Directorate’s raid at PFI offices showed that Kapil Sibal was given hefty fees of Rs.75 lakh and Indira Jaisingh was given Rs.5 lakh.
The previous year, Hadiya’s father Ashokan many times complained that whenever he and his family visited his daughter in the Malappuram area, they faced heavy scrutiny from the PFI cadre. “Her clinic was surrounded by a lot of people from the PFI cadre and my daughter was not talking freely and looked in a fearful state of mind,” said Ashokan to the media.
He said he had no information about Shafin Jehan for a long time. “Now through some friends in the media, I came to know she separated from Shafin and married one Khalid Dastagir in July. Everything including divorce procedures as per Islamic traditions was not known to us. So in August, I called her and she confirmed to me that she married again and did not share the details of her new husband.
“When I was talking, his mother (Khalid Dastagir) also came online and confirmed the second marriage. But they did not share any details. Said he is working as a GM. That is all. No further details like the GM of which company. She was angry with me for talking to the media about her secret second marriage,” said Ashokan, detailing the secretive ways of divorce of the first marriage and second marriage. He said he is exploring options in law.
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