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Tension in Kheda: Hindu woman, Muslim paramour ‘elope’, Patels threaten stir

Fresh row days after VHP bandh in Nadiad against Hindu girl allegedly eloping with Muslim ‘bootlegger’.
By: Express News Service | Vadodara | Published on:June 22, 2015 12:48 am
A week after Nadiad town witnessed a bandh called by the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) over the alleged “love jihad” after a Muslim bootlegger eloped with a 21-year-old Hindu girl, now, 25 kilometres away, Gangapur village of Kathlal taluka in Kheda district is witnessing a similar protest.
The local Kutch Kadva Patel community has submitted a memorandum to the taluka officer against the alleged “abduction” of a married Hindu woman by a married Muslim man from the village. The community members have warned the district administration that in absence of action against the man, the village will observe a bandh.