Nikah Khwan among seven arrested in Hindu sisters marriage case

LARKANA - Police on Monday detained seven people allegedly involved in abductions and forced conversions of two Hindu minor sisters of Ghotki, Sindh.

Those arrested including a Nikah Khwan (marriage officiator) and other marriage attendees and facilitators of the underage marriage case.

The authorities took notice of the incident after two separate videos started doing rounds on social media on Saturday.

The father and brother of the girls in videos circulating on social media said that the two sisters were abducted and forced into changing their religion from Hinduism to Islam.

However, a separate video of the girls went viral, in which they said that they accepted Islam of their own free will.

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In the video, a cleric can be seen next to the girls and two men who they were married to. The cleric said the girls were inspired by Islam and alleged that their family was spreading "false propaganda" and threatening their lives.

On March 20, the girls' family lodged a First Information Report against their alleged forced conversion to Islam.