Lahore: A 19-year-old Hindu girl’s abduction and her “forced” conversion to Islam in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province triggered a protest by members of various minority communities in front of the Lahore Press Club.
Dozens of members of minority communities joined the protest yesterday to demand action by authorities in the case of Rinkle Kumari, who they alleged was kidnapped by the son of a Parliamentarian from Ghotki district of Sindh.
A large number of relatives of the girl, who belongs to Mirpur Mathelo in Ghotki district, too joined the protest. They claimed they were getting threats from the kidnappers and influential Muslims of the area. Rinkle’s relatives said they had taken refuge in a gurdwara in Lahore after these threats. The protesters shouted slogans against the kidnappers and urged the PPP government in Sindh to trace Rinkle, who they said had given a statement in court that she was unwilling to convert to Islam and wanted to live with her parents. (PTI)
