Pakistan: 3 arrested for gang-raping, then killing Hindu girl in Cholistan desert

A shocking incident happened in Pakistan, where a Hindu girl was allegedly gang-raped and murdered at Qasim Wala Bangla in the Cholistan desert, according to media reports. Hindu girl gang-raped, murdered in Cholistan desert In this case of atrocity against minorities in Pakistan, three accused have been, said a Derawer Police Station spokesman. The deceased’s […]

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A shocking incident happened in Pakistan, where a Hindu girl was allegedly gang-raped and murdered at Qasim Wala Bangla in the Cholistan desert, according to media reports.

Hindu girl gang-raped, murdered in Cholistan desert

In this case of atrocity against minorities in Pakistan, three accused have been, said a Derawer Police Station spokesman.

The deceased’s body was sent to postmortem, however, the reports are yet to come.

The girl’s father said she was kidnapped when she went to relieve herself in the desert at midnight, reported The News.

The body was found lying near the Bhutta Canal on Thursday.

The body was found lying near the Bhutta Canal on Thursday. Forced conversion, rape, and forced marriages of Hindu women in Pakistan have recently become controversial in Pakistan.

Reports on Hindu girl abuse in Pakistan 

Attacks on minorities in the country have led to condemnation of policies that are discriminatory to religious minorities in Pakistan. At least 42 cases of atrocities against Hindus were highlighted in the regional news channels in Pakistan in the first two months of 2023. These include incidents of abduction, gang rape, forced conversion and mob lynching among others.

As per the report by Voice of Pakistan Minority, there were six cases of abduction, forced conversion and marriage reported in local media in the month of January, while five such cases took place in February.

The list further mentions at least nine cases wherein the bodies of Hindu victims were found hanging and at least four cases of murder.

Earlier this year, Hindu rights activist Mahesh Vasu, in a report to the Ministry of External Affairs, noted that as many as 96 cases of abduction, forced conversion, marriage and gang rape of women belonging to the minority community took place in Pakistan.