Asked Pak govt for immediate remedial action: MEA on Sikh girl forced conversion
New Delhi, Aug 30 (IBNS): In the wake of the news regarding the recent incident about abduction and forced conversion of a minor Sikh girl in Pakistan, India on Friday said the concerns have been shared with the government of the neighbouring Islamic country.
"The Ministry has received a number of representations from various quarters of civil society in India, including Sikh religious bodies in India, at the reports of the incident of abduction and forced conversion of a minor Sikh girl in Pakistan. We have shared these concerns with the Government of Pakistan and asked for immediate remedial action,” MEA official spokeperson Raveesh Kumar said in a reply to a querry.
The family of abducted Jagjit Kaur has alleged that she was forced to marry a Muslim man after being converted to Islam. They have threatened to immolate themselves in front of Pakistan's Punjab Governor's house if the girl is not returned soon.
"A daughter of a Granthi of Gurdwara Tambu Sahib [Sikh priest] in Nankana Sahib was missing for past 3 days. She has surfaced on Thursday after marrying a Muslim man and embracing Islam," videos going viral now showed.
The video of the wedding ceremony of the girl has now become viral on the social media. In the video, the girl in a deadpan face is saying that she has embraced Islam and married the Muslim man by her own will even as her family alleged she was forced to do so.
Jagjit Kaur could be seen chanting Quranic verses as recited by a Muslim cleric. She married a man named Mohammad Ehsan, as per the video.
The man is a member of terrorist organization Jamaat ud Dawa, sources said.
She said she has been renamed Aisha after her conversion.
She could be heard saying in the video that she did not bring any jewellery or any crucial property paper from her home.
In the video, the girl could be seen sitting beside Ehsan.
Meanwhile, a meeting at Nanakana Sahib Gurduara Sahib Janam Asthan, Guru Nanak Sahib, close to Lahore city, took place where a decision was taken to protest on Saturday at the Governor House while an international conference related to Kartarpur Corridor is scheduled.
The uncle of the girl said they would take it before the house of the governor of Pakistan's Punjab during an international seminar on Aug 31 if the girl was not returned soon.
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