Hyderabad, Feb. 28 -- The Kerala High Court on Thursday, February 27, ordered police protection for an interfaith couple from Jharkhand who fled their state and sought refuge in the southern state after threats from the woman's family and society members.

Fearing violence and potential "honour killing", the couple Mohammad Galib and Asha Verma moved to Kerala early this month and married as per Islamic rites on February 11 in Alappuzha district's Kayamkulam town.

The couple, who are natives of the Chitarpur town of Jharkhand's Ramgarh district, had submitted a petition to Kerala HC seeking police protection and claiming that their family members, accompanied by Jharkhand police, arrived in Kerala to threaten them.

Asha Verma claimed sh...