A 13-year-old Hindu girl named Kavita Bai has been married to a Muslim man after being abducted and forcibly converted in Kashmore district.
A teenager Kavita Bai was allegedly kidnapped by a man of the Bahalkani tribe. A Barelvi cleric named Mian Mithoo forcibly converted her religion and then married off to her kidnapper.
The incident took place in the Tangwani Taluka of Sindh. According to local media, the girl was kidnapped by five men from her home on 8th March. Her father said that five armed men dragged his daughter from their home to a white vehicle and sped away. An FIR has been filed in the matter.
Mian Mithoo’s conversion shop thrives with impunity. Here, 13-year-old kidnapped Kaveeta Oad is forcibly converted to Islam in Ghotki. pic.twitter.com/Gd70kOggER
— Naila Inayat (@nailainayat) March 10, 2021
However, the teenager reportedly appeared before a court on Wednesday and claimed that she was over 18 years old. After her statement, she was shifted from Kashmore to Ghotki as she alleged that she had married against the wishes of her parents.
She has also sought protection from the court. Despite her claim, the police have filed a case under the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act which makes a marriage between an adult and a minor punishable by up to three years of imprisonment.
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A medical examination is likely to be ordered to determine her real age. The video of the conversion ceremony has also gone viral on social media and people have reacted to it.
The face of patriarchy ! A thirteen year old surrounded by men !
— Rajeev Srivastava (@rajeev441) March 11, 2021
What the hell they will get by doing this? This is a sin. They think that they will go to Jannat by doing this.
No any education is required for these mullas. They are well educated in Quoran.— Devendra Saini (@dks6720) March 11, 2021
This seems like a big achievement. Religion should be everyone’s personal matter, no one should be influenced and forced to any decision. Pak is surely striving ahead to its 100% Islamisation.
Still.. it will starve, struggle, be scattered amongst themselves.— sukhvinder singh (@sukhvinx) March 11, 2021
I SERIOUSLY wanna ask these ppl wat they’ll get by this ? I mean do they think their God will actually give them 72 virgins for forcing their religion down another’s throat ?Y can’t they just live and let live in peace !! How do they sleep at night ? Do they feel pride or disgust
— unabashed.dreamer (@unabashedinter1) March 11, 2021
In Tangwani city, the Hindu community protests against the conversion of its minor girls. Calls for Kaveeta to be returned to her family. #EndEnforcedConversions pic.twitter.com/GIQLmvt7Sg
— Naila Inayat (@nailainayat) March 10, 2021
