Minor Hindu girl abducted, married off and converted to Islam in Pakistan's Sindh

KARACHI: A minor Hindu girl has been abducted and forcibly married off to an elderly man who converted her to Islam in Pakistan's Sindh province, the community members said on Thursday.

The matter came to light just a day after another minor Hindu girl, who was kidnapped from Hyderabad, was handed back to her family on the orders of a court Wednesday.

Shiva Faqir Kaachi, who heads the Pakistan Darawar Ittehad organisation, said the girl, 16, was abducted from her village in Hunguru Wednesday and forcibly married off to a much older man who converted her to Islam. "The girl was taken to a seminary and married off. When the parents went to the seminary Thursday to see her, the cleric refused to let them in," Kaachi said. "It has now become a regular occurrence for Hindu families to see their young daughters and sisters forcibly taken away and converted to be married off to Muslim men," he said.