The P. Vijayan government of Kerala has told the Supreme Court that the state police has conducted a thorough Investigation of a Hindu woman's acceptance of Islam and then her marriage to a Muslim person and did not find that the investigation of the case was done by the National Investigation Agency (NIA).

The Supreme Court had directed the NIA on August 16 to investigate that there is no broader aspect of alleged "love jihad" in this case.

In this case, the Hindu woman Hadia converted to Islam and accepted Islam and later married Shafin Jahan, a Muslim youth from Kerala.

The Kerala government said that he followed the court's directive to hand over the investigation of the case to the NIA, but the police has not yet detected any such crime so that the matter can be referred to the central agency by statute.

In December last, Shafin Jahan, who challenged the decision of the High Court to cancel his marriage, had recently filed an interim petition demanding the withdrawal of the order in which the investigation of the case was entrusted to the NIA.

He had claimed that the woman had converted from her marriage many months ago and marriage was decided through a marriage website.

In the additional affidavit, the state government said that the police was able to investigate and if a scheduled crime had surfaced it would have informed the Center.

The affidavit said, "The crime branch of the Kerala Police had examined in an effective and honest manner. There has been no incident of any scheduled crime in the investigation conducted by the Kerala Police so far that it should be informed to the Central Government under Section 6 of NIA Law 2008."

The state said in its affidavit, "Kerala Police has effectively investigated the above crime."

Shafin came to the Supreme Court then, when the Kerala High Court canceled his marriage and said that it is an insult to the freedom of women of the country.

Meanwhile, the Supreme Court said on October 3 that he will look into the question whether can High Court use his power under the writ jurisdiction for cancel of the marriage of Hindu women and Shafin Jahan.

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