Kanpur: Days after a viral video showing the nikah of a Hindu youth and a Muslim girl in Chaubeypur area of the city triggered much furore in his family and local community, the city police has come forward to provide security to the couple to solemnise their court marriage under Special Marriage Act.Deputy commissioner of police (West) Vijay Dhul said, According to the youth, he had given an application in the court for solemnization of their marriage under the Special Marriage Act, but their wedding could not take place due to the strike on Tuesday. The couple have been given adequate security as their respective families have boycotted them.The video of the nikah that went viral a few days ago claimed that the boy -- Aman -- had changed his name to become Mohammad Chand. It also claimed that he married the Muslim girl by giving a mehar (mandatory payment by groom to bride) of Rs 51,786. The marriage was conducted in the presence of witnesses -- Irfan, Umar and Shakir Alam. After getting married, the couple moved to Punjab, the video further claimed.Police said that according to the locals, the incident is four months old, when Aman had eloped with a Muslim girl of the neighborhood. According to locals, the couple earlier married as per the Hindu customs and later the youth got converted and married again following Muslim rituals. However, Aman released a video after the controversy in which he made it clear that he had not converted to Islam and had just followed Muslim customs to marry the girl.

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