Sikh girl abducted and forcefully converted to Islam in Pakistan

In yet another incident of conversion of girls from minority communities in Pakistan, a 19-year-old Sikh girl was allegedly abducted and converted to Islam before being married to a Muslim man in the country's Punjab province.

An FIR has been registered against six people in the case, Muhammad Jamil, Nankana City Police Investigation Officer, told PTI.

One of the suspects Arsalan, a friend of prime suspect Mohammad Hassan who married the Sikh girl has been arrested.

"Arsalan facilitated Hassan in getting him married to the Sikh girl," he said, adding that Hassan is on a pre-arrest bail and could not be arrested.

Jamil said that Hassan and the girl live in the same locality.

"They developed a love affair and the girl decided to elope with him to contract marriage," he said.

Jamil said that the advocate of the girl, identified as Jagjit Kaur, in her statement before the court declared that she embraced Islam and married Hassan of her free will.

The police official said that the girl, ...