Members of the Sikh community on Monday launched a massive protest outside the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi to protest against the forced conversion of Sikh girls in Pakistan.
The protesters also burned effigies and demanded protection of the Sikh families residing in Pakistan amid heightened tensions between India and Pakistan.
Delhi: Members of Sikh community protest against forceful conversion of minorities in Pakistan. They are also demanding the safety of Sikh families residing there. A Sikh girl was allegedly abducted and converted to Islam in Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/uFL9w3lJTH
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The Sikh community members were trying to submit a memorandum at the Pakistan High Commission when they were stopped, following which they launched violent protests near the premises of the Pakistan embassy.
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Two Sikh girls have been forcefully converted to Islam in Pakistan in the past few days. India expressed concerns on Sunday and External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that civil society and people of India have strongly condemned the forced abduction, conversion and marriage of the two Sikh girls.
In a recent case, in Pakistan’s Punjab province, an 18-year-old Sikh girl, the daughter of a priest, was abducted and converted to Islam at gunpoint before she was married to a Muslim man, her family alleged in a video.