Kochi: Hadiya aka Akhila, who is allegedly a victim of ‘Love Jihad,’ said on Saturday that she had embraced Islam on her own free will and wanted to go with her husband Shefin Jahan.
The Kerala High Court had given her custody to her father K.M. Asokan of TV Puram, Vaikom, Kottayam district.
Hadiya was taken to the airport amidst tight security by the police who tried to prevent her from speaking to the media.
However, she managed to say a few words to the reporters before she was whisked away to the airport building. Chaotic scenes prevailed at the airport.
She later took a flight to Delhi accompanied by her father, mother Ponnamma and a team of police personnel headed by Kaduthurthy circle inspector Johnson, another woman circle inspector, two women civil police officers and a male civil police officer. Hadiya and others are expected to stay in Kerala House in Delhi.
The Kerala High Court had annulled Hadiya’s marriage after her father approached the court expressing fears that his daughter will be taken abroad for alleged terrorist activities. Her husband Jehan filed an appeal in the Supreme Court against the HC verdict.
