Published 22:31 IST, January 19th 2020

'Naya' Pakistan: 15-yr-old Hindu girl abducted, converted to Islam in Sindh's Jacobabad

A 15-year-old girl named Mehak Kumari was abducted from her house in Jacobabad in Sindh province on Wednesday and was allegedly converted by her husband.

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Cases of abduction of non-Muslim girls and forced conversion to Islam remains unabetted in PM Imran Khan's 'Naya' Pakistan. In recent incident that joins list, a 15-year-old girl named Mehak Kumari was abducted from her house in Jacobab in Sindh province on Wednesday. A video from her later revealed that she h converted to Islam and married a Muslim boy named Ali Raza Machi.

"I have converted to Islam on my own free will and my Muslim name now is Aliza. I accepted Islam at Dargah Amrot Sharif and have married Raza re," said Mehak Kumari, now Aliza. girl, student of class 9, went missing after school on January 15. Since n, her parents have complained that she was kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam.

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Hindu group takes up matter

 All Pakistan Hindu Panchayat (APHP), an organisation that seeks to dress issues of Pakistan's minority Hindu community,  said it is working very closely on case. "Kidnapper Ali Raza Machi is 28 years old. He was married twice earlier. Some time back, he left his first wife. He has four children," an APHP member said. "APHP and Jacobab Panchayat have mutually decided that no FIR be filed on this case and try to resolve it in a different way," APHP General Secretary Ravi Dawani said in a statement.

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Arrests me, couple untraced

Meanwhile,  Jacobab police informed that y have arrested Ali Raza's uncle, few cousins and or family members but couple remains untraced. police have tied up with APHP Jacobab chief Lalchand and or panchayat members to look for couple in Dera Mur Jamali in a bid to arrest those behind incident. "APHP is very much hopeful about her (Mehak's) recovery in next 48 to 96 hours," Dawani said.

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Or such incidents

Last year, a Sikh girl was abducted and forcefully converted in Pakistan's Nankana Sahib. Her family h alleged that she was forced to marry a Muslim man after being converted to Islam. In a similar episode, a Pakistani Christian girl, who was identified as Huma Masih, was allegedly abducted and n converted to Islam. Although she later claimed that she eloped with a Muslim man of her own will, her family said it was forced.

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22:31 IST, January 19th 2020