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Couple in inter-caste marriage draw kin ire, HC orders cop cover

Dehradun: The Uttarakhand high court has directed the station house officer (SHO) of Bhagwanpur police station to provide protection to a married couple who filed a petition alleging threats to their lives from the woman’s uncle and his two sons.

The couple, Ekta Saini and Ashish Kumar Bodh, belong to OBC and SC communities, respectively, and informed the court that they got married on Sept 13, 2023.

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Ekta said her uncle and cousins are “after our lives” because they oppose her marriage to Ashish, who works as a distributor for a telecom company in Haridwar. Both are in their early 20s. The state counsel informed the court that since both are above the legal age for marriage and got married voluntarily, there was no objection to granting them protection.

The high court also sanctioned police protection for a newlywed couple from Jaspur in US Nagar district who said they are facing threats from the woman’s family.

In both cases, the court said after six weeks, police must reassess the threat perception to the petitioners and implement any necessary measures to ensure their safety and security.

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