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Pakistan: Minor Hindu girl kidnapped, converted to Islam, married off to abductor
In yet another incident of abduction and forcible conversion of a Hindu girl in Pakistan, a minor girl belonging to the minority community was kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam. She was later married off to the abductor.Â
The girl, believed be 13, was kidnapped by a man of Bahalkani tribe. She was forcibly converted to Islam by Barelvi cleric Mian Mithoo.
According to South Asia Media Research Institute, the girl was married off to her abductor after the conversion. The incident took place in the Tangwani Taluka of Kashmore district in Sindh province, a report in Pakistan Today said.
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A 13-year-old girl was kidnapped from her home in Tangwani Taluka of Kashmore, her family has said.
Her
father Takhtmal told SAMAA Digital that his daughter Kavita was kidnapped from
their home by five people on March 8 and he hasnât heard from her.
The
family has filed an FIR against the kidnappers.
In his statement, her father told the police that five people dragged his daughter from their home to a white vehicle and sped away.
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The Dadu police stopped the marriage of an underage girl on Friday and arrested the girl s father.
The police stopped a nikkah in Karampur between a 13-year-old girl and a 21-year-old man.
The girl was being forced to marry her fatherâs friendâs son. She is now in the protective custody of the Section B police.