Kerala high court.

KOCHI: The Kerala high court on Tuesday sought the views of Bengaluru police on a habeas corpus petition filed by a Muslim man alleging that his Hindu lover, whom he married as per Muslim rites, is detained there. It is also alleged that the man was brutally tortured by Bengaluru police at the instance of the woman’s parents.

A petition filed by 27-year-old Fasil Mahmood of Kuttiyady in Kozhikode alleging that his lover Pinky B alias alias Ayesha Fathima is being detained by her father Bhura Ram of Basavanapura in Bengaluru South is being considered by the court.

According to the petition, Fasil met Pinky while running a restaurant opposite to her father’s shop at Bannerghatta Road and they had been in love for two years. The woman, who belongs to Chowdari caste, converted to Islam, changed her name, and got married to Fasil as per Muslim religious rites, the petition said. Copies of certificates allegedly issued by the Karnataka government regarding the conversion and change of name and marriage have been produced before the court.

After marriage, the couple resided at Kozhikode but Kuttiyady police took them into custody and handed them over to Bengaluru police without producing them before a court, it is alleged. They were also forced to sign blank stamp papers by police, the petition said.

Bengaluru police allowed the woman’s father to take her away and brutally assaulted him by keeping him in police custody for four days from March 28th, as per the petition. “The petitioner was hanged by head upside down; he was brutally assaulted and massaged with chilli powder on each and every part of his body. Further the police sprayed chilli powder on his eyes,” the petition filed to the Kerala high court through advocate K Deepa said. Considering the petition, the court has directed for sending notices to Bengaluru police and the woman’s father.

