Islamabad: Merely days after two minor girls were abducted, forcibly converted and married off in Pakistan’s Sindh on Holi eve, another case of an underage girl being abducted has surfaced.
In the latest incident, 16-year old Mala Kumari Meghawar was abducted from her home at Dhani Buksh Pitafi village in Pakistan’s Sindh on the intervening night of March 16 and 17. The girl’s father has filed an FIR which also mentions that four men broke into their house at around 3 am, dragged the minor girl to a vehicle waiting outside the home and took her away.
Reportedly, there have been seven incidents of abduction and forced conversion of Hindu girls in little over a month till now in Sindh. Two Hindus have also been killed in this time period.
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A Pakistani court, meanwhile, ordered on Tuesday official protection for the two Hindu girls previously kidnapped.
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered a probe into reports of abduction, forced conversion and underage marriages of the two Hindu girls and to take immediate steps for their recovery.
Minister of External Affairs (MEA) Sushma Swaraj, however, refuted the claims of willing conversion in a series of tweets. “Even the Prime Minister on Naya Pakistan will not believe that girls of this tender age can voluntarily decide about their conversion to another religion and marriage, Sushma Swaraj had said.
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