World Sindhi Congress condemns abduction, conversion of two minor Hindu girls in Pakistan
London/Islamabad/IBNS: The World Sindhi Congress (WSC), a human rights education and advocacy organizations for Sindh, has condemned the alleged abduction and forceful conversion of two minor Hindu girls to Islam in Pakistan's Sindh province, media reports said.
"Whereabouts of Shama are unknown and police have refused to register the complaint. Fourteen-year Suthi was produced in the court and was declared Muslim and married to a 40-year man," Rubina Greenwood, chairperson of WSC, said in a statement as quoted by ANI.
She added in the statement: "The parents of the girls in a protest were crying and said when the girl was produced in the court, she was also crying. They said that everyone, police, judiciary, politicians are supporting the perpetrators. They are simply helpless. They have requested to allow them to migrate to save their daughters."
Continuing the alleged oppression on the minority community even at a time when the world is struggling to combat COVID-19, two Hindu girls have been allegedly abducted from Pakistan's Thari Mirwah region in Sindh.
The two girls were identified as Sutthi and Shama.
"Two more minor Hindu girls named Sutthi and Shama abducted from Tharhi mirwaha Sindh Pakistan by brother of local MP Pir Fasil shah Jeelani," sources said.
"They are requesting to all that please send us to India," it said.
However, this is not a new incident.
A Hindu teen was allegedly forcefully converted and then married to a 40-year-old man in Sindh region of the country recently.
The man allegedly abducted the Hindu teen.
The alleged abductor, Mohammad Aachar Darejo, took a photo with her and the nikah-nama, reported Naya Daur.
In 2019 alone, more than 41 girls belonging to Hindu faith have been kidnapped and converted to Islam, by force. An estimated 4.5 million Hindus live in Pakistan, majority of them in Sindh, reported the news portal.
Around 1,000 cases of Hindu and Christian girls being forced to convert were estimated in the province of southern Sindh alone in 2018, according to the annual report of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, reported the news portal.
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