Strict action against atrocities on Hindu daughters on marriage pretext: UP CM's media advisor
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's media advisor Mrityunjay Kumar said on Saturday the state government will take strict action in cases of "atrocities on Hindu daughters on the pretext of marriage".
In a tweet in Hindi, Kumar said, "The Yogi government will initiate strict action against atrocities on Hindu daughters under the pretext of marriage. UP CM Yogi Adityanathji had earlier too said that his government will not tolerate any kind of love jihad."
According to sources, the issue had figured in a high-level meeting on Friday.
Earlier this week in Lakhimpur Kheri, a teenage girl was found raped and killed. A person was later arrested who confessed to raping the girl and later slitting her throat following a heated argument.
Call records of the victim's cellphone showed that she was in a relationship with the accused. The girl's family had fixed her marriage elsewhere and she did not relent to the accused's persuasion to go against them, police had said.
During the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the issue of "love jihad" was raised prominently.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
