SC issues notices to Mah, Guj govt, BJD activist

New Delhi, Mar 19 (UNI) The Supreme Court today issued notices to the governments of Maharashtra and Gujarat and Bajrang Dal activist Babu Bajrangi on a petition accusing him of running a racket which prevented Hindu girls from marrying outside their caste.

The notices came on the petition filed by Ajay Nikam, Naval Medige and others. The petitioners alleged that Bajrang Dal's Nav Chetan Trust was forcibly separating girls, who had married outside their caste, from their husbands, at times with the consent of their parents.

The petition also alleged that divorce proceedings in such cases were either obtained under duress or not being obtained at all.

The petition had came after the Bombay High Court had dismissed their habeas corpus petition seeking to know the whereabouts of the missing wives.

The High Court also ignored the report of its own inquiry committee which had recommended the registration of FIRs against Bajrangi and others.

UNI