Pakistan: Minor Hindu girl kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam by tutor in Sindh

In yet another abduct-and-convert case from Pakistan, a Hindu girl from the country’s Sindh province was forcibly converted to Islam and married off, her father said. The 14-year-old girl, identified as Sohana, was kidnapped by her tutor, Akhtar and his accomplices. She was then sent to the Qazi Ahmed Taluka of Sindh’s Shaheed Benazirabaad district.

The teen girl’s father, Dileep Kumar, spoke about the incident and claimed that three armed men, Akhtar Gabol, Faizan Jat, and Sarang Khaskheli, broke into their home, stole gold jewellery, and kidnapped Sohana under threat of violence.

Dileep later filed a complaint with the police. Later, the girl appeared in a video stating clearly under duress that she had converted to Islam and married a Muslim man. The girl was recovered by police from a house in the district, five days after being kidnapped, after a lot of hue of cry on social media.

Just see how Sohana Sharma, a minor Hindu girl from Sindh, Pakistan is crying, holding and kissing the hands of her father and saying "papa, papa take me home with you".

14 years old Sohana was kidnapped from her home, at gun point. Her father Dileep Kumar approached the court… pic.twitter.com/OKjHD63ZTI

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Friday saw the introduction of Sohana before the district court in Larkana, where she informed the judge in her statement that she had been kidnapped, forced to convert to Islam, and wished to return home with her parents. Although she appeared to be under strain when making her account, the judge postponed the case until June 12 and remanded her to a shelter home for women.

Her mother, Jamna Sharma, informed the media present at the court that her daughter was receiving instruction at home and that the tutor had just requested a loan of $100,000 from her. “When my daughter told me about this I told the teacher he shouldn’t be discussing such matters with Sohana and he went away. But he returned after a day with some people and forcibly took her away at gunpoint. I pleaded with him to take the money and jewellery but leave my daughter but they didn’t listen,” Jamna said.

Source: wionews