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Videos taken across India are going viral on social media. They show hordes of men harassing and even attacking young couples in the street.

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The clips are accompanied by a hashtag #BhagwaLoveTrap - and have been inspired by an inflammatory narrative.

The theory suggests Hindu men are trying to seduce Muslim women and lure them away from their communities - but there’s scant evidence to support the idea.

Shruti Menon meets the Muslim activists pushing the idea of a "Bhagwa Love Trap", and asks what’s behind it.

And she hears from a Hindu leader who thinks the theory is nonsense, and claims the reverse is happening instead.

0:00 Introduction
1:17 Examples of Bhagwa Love Trap
3:08 Maryam was accused of falling victim to the Bhagwa Love Trap
4:48 Sara Ather wrote about the Bhagwa Love Trap
5:49 What some Hindu nationalists say
7:04 Meeting a Hindutva leader
9:05 Interview with someone promoting the Bhagwa Love Trap theory
11:11 What is Love Jihad?
12:23 Shoaib Jamai, the man many see as responsible for popularising the Bhagwa Love Trap theory
14:30 Alok Kumar, head of the Hindutva organisation Vishwa Hindu Parishad
15:40 Looking at the evidence

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Presenter: Shruti Menon
Producer: Sam Judah
Editor: Flora Carmichael
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