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College principal says Hadiya can’t meet husband, she claims “I am not free”

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College principal says Hadiya can’t meet husband, she claims “I am not free”

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hadiya says the authorities at the college where she has been sent by the Supreme Court to finish her homeopathy studies have no clarity on the court’s order

“I want freedom”. This is what Hadiya aka Akhila Asokan had told the Supreme Court on Monday which had then decided to send her to the Sivaraj Homeopathic Medical College in Tamil Nadu’s Salem so that she can finish her studies.

But as Hadiya, the woman around whom the raging Kerala Love Jihad case revolves, reached Salem, she claimed she was “not free” and that she feared that her college would be “another prison”.

The statements by Hadiya, who for a better part of this year had been under “house arrest” at the residence of her father Asokan – the man who called her husband Shafin Jahan a terrorist and accused him of executing love jihad against her daughter – came even as the principal of the Sivaraj Homeopathic Medical College made it clear that he “would not allow her to meet anyone except her parents”.[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]Ironically, in her statements made before a Supreme Court Bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices DY Chandrachud and AM Khanwilkar, all that Hadiya wanted was to be reunited with her husband Shafin Jahan and get her freedom – away from the clutches of her parents.

On Wednesday, in Salem as per the apex court’s order where the dean of her college and not her husband will be her ‘guardian, Hadiya spoke at length to mediapersons about her fears and the fact that her request for freedom had gone unheeded.

“I asked for freedom from court. I wanted to meet my husband, but till now the fact is that I am not free and that’s the truth. Till now, I have not got my freedom… I don’t know what’s happening, don’t know if college will be another prison,” the 24-year-old Hadiya told reporters in Salem, where she is now expected to finish the last 11 months of her homeopathy course which she was forced to abandon mid-way after her marriage to Shafin Jahan triggered a national debate and got termed even by the Kerala High Court as a case of ‘love jihad’.[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]Hadiya told reporters that authority concerned at her college “doesn’t have clarity on the court order and procedures” and that “I have to wait for 2-3 days for the college to understand the procedures.”

Although sources in the National Investigation Agency (NIA), which is probing the “love jihad” angle in her marriage with Shafin Jahan say that Monday’s order by the Supreme Court makes no mention of whether or not Hadiya is free to meet her husband, the 24-year-old told reporters that she had not been able to meet Shafin Jahan as yet.

Asserting that “every passing second” is a “big deal for me”, Hadiya told mediapersons that “I want to meet people who I love and like. I haven’t got a chance for that. I demanded freedom from the court. For six months, I was put up with people I hate (her parents) and they are the people who tried to reconvert me (from Islam to Hinduism).”

Hadiya revealed that since her widely publicised appearance in the Supreme Court, she had spoken to her father – who, incidentally still insists that Shafin is a terrorist and that he’ll continue his quest to have Hadiya’s marriage annulled by the top court – but that she “wasn’t able to contact my husband.”[/vc_column_text][vc_raw_html]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[/vc_raw_html][vc_column_text]The woman in the eye of the Kerala love jihad controversy said: “I am demanding basic rights that any Indian citizen has. It is nothing to do with politics or caste. All I want is to talk to ones I like.”

Hadiya had reached Salem on Tuesday night – escorted in a police vehicle from Coimbatore amid tight security – to pursue her studies.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]

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