He was responding to a question on a case in the Supreme Court involving marriage of a Muslim man with a Hindu woman who had converted to Islam before tying the nuptial knot.
The apex court had on August 16 directed the National Investigative Agency (NIA) to probe whether there was a wider pattern of 'love jihad' in the matter. The couple belong to Kerala.
Several Hindutva groups have alleged a conspiracy behind cases of marriage between Muslim men and Hindu women, and have termed the trend as 'love jihad'.
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