Hadiya, back in college, has only one wish -- to meet husband

Hadiya, a Kerala woman at the centre of an alleged love-jihad case after converting to Islam, has said that she wants freedom to meet her husband.

"I have sought permission from the college authorities to meet my husband. I hope they will allow," she told reporters on Tuesday at the Sivaraj Homeopathy Medical College in Salem where she will undergo an internship for 11 months.

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Hadiya reached the college after the Supreme Court freed her from her father's custody and ordered her institution to allow her to continue her education

She was brought to the medical college amid tight security by Kerala police from Coimbatore, about 170 kms from Salem.

Hadiya will pursue her homeopathy studies under her previous Hindu name, the Salem medical college principal said.

A Hindu by birth and named as Akhila Ashokan, she converted to Islam and married Shafin Jahan, a Muslim.

Hadiya's father K M Ashokan had opposed her marriage alleging she is being brainwashed by Shafin who wants to recruit her for terror. The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is probing the case.

Ashokan said Hadiya wanted to go to Syria after converting to Islam. "Hadiya does not have any idea about Syria, where she wanted to go after converting to Islam," he said, adding, "I cannot have a terrorist in the family."

Hadiya was in the custody of her parents for almost six months after the Kerala High Court had on May 29 anulled her "nikah"with Shafin Jahan, terming it as an instance of 'love jihad', following which the man approached the apex court.