Kerala High Court has directed the state police chief to provide protection to a girl's family after she complained of threats from radical outfits.

The Kerala High Court has directed the state police chief to provide protection to a 24-year-old girl and family after they complained about being threatened by some radical outfits.

According to sources, Sruthi from Kannur was in a relationship with her college friend Aneez. The college faculties who noticed it warned the girl and informed her family about their relationship. After immense pressure from the family to part ways, both of them allegedly eloped to Delhi.

A close relative of Sruthi, who spoke to India Today, revealed that it is very common for people here to engage in inter-religious marriages. But the fact that she has been taken to Delhi has shocked the family.

On May 16, the family filed a missing complaint with the local police and later moved the High Court. The girl, who was presented before the court on June 21, stated that she was married to Aneez and the court let Sruthi to go with him.

Later Sruthi learned that Aneez and some members of Popular Front of India (PFI), a Muslim outfit, have plans to take her to Syria or Yemen. She returned to her parental home but some radical groups started threatening the family.

Meanwhile, Aneez filed a complaint with the High Court stating that Sruthi was under confinement of her parents.

Sruthi, who was produced before the court with her parents, told that there is a possibility that Aneez along with the members of some radical groups attack her. Taking her statement into account, the court directed the state police chief to provide security to the family.

The Kerala High Court also asked the police to submit a detailed report.

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