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Mirpurkhas:
12-Year-Old Hindu Girl Abducted, Forced Religious Conversion, and Marriage
A deeply disturbing incident has come to light near Bukhari Farm in the Kot Ghulam Muhammad area of Mirpurkhas District, where a 12-year-old Hindu girl, Laxmi Kolhi, was allegedly abducted, forcibly converted, and married off.
According to available information, Parvez Mari, a resident of Bukhari Farm village, allegedly lured the minor girl Laxmi Kolhi and took her to Pir Umar Jan Sarhandi in Samaro. There, after forcibly changing her religion, the girl was married off.
Sources also reveal that to conceal the girl’s actual age, her age was falsely recorded as 19 years on the religious conversion certificate. This is not only a blatant violation of the law but also a grave injustice to the impoverished Hindu families of Sindh.
This incident comes at a time when child marriage is legally prohibited under the Child Marriage Restraint Act in Sindh. Despite this, groups associated with Sarhandi in Samaro allegedly continue to convert minor Hindu girls and arrange their marriages, which is deeply tragic and unjust.
Social activists and leaders representing minority communities have expressed grave concern over the increasing cases of abduction, forced religious conversion, and forced marriages of underage girls, particularly among Hindu and other minority communities in Sindh. Despite existing laws, the lack of effective enforcement has allowed such incidents to continue and even rise.
Civil society has demanded that the Sindh government, law enforcement agencies, and human rights organizations take immediate notice of the incident, recover the girl, return her to her family, and take strict legal action against those involved.
These incidents have heightened fear and insecurity among minority communities in Sindh, which is an extremely worrying situation.
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