Hadiya, who converted to Islam and married Shefin Jahan, has separated from him and remarried.

“The Constitution has given the right for every person to enter into marriage and get out of the relationship. It is a common thing in society. I don’t understand why society is getting irritated in my case. I am a grown-up who is capable of making decisions. When I could not continue the marriage (with Jahan), I got out of it. Now, I have married another person of my choice. I am happy and living as a Muslim,” Hadiya said in a video, according to The Indian Express.

She further claimed that her parents were also “aware about the remarriage”.

Hadia’s video comes after her father on Friday filed a habeas corpus petition in the Kerala High Court, saying he could not trace his daughter.

Hadiya said in the video that she is well and has chosen not to disclose details about her new life partner.

Hadiya, who was born and brought up as K M Akhila in a Hindu family in Kerala’s Kottayam,  converted to Islam and married Shefin Jahan. In 2018, the Supreme Court permitted Hadiya to live with her husband, Shafin Jahan, overturning a Kerala High Court Division Bench’s order that had annulled their marriage.