Hindu homes selectively demolished and families evicted by state authorities in Sindh, Pakistan
Digri, Sindh, Pakistan 
26 June, 2026
Case Summary
In Digri, Sindh, Pakistan, several Hindu Meghwar families were selectively targeted, their homes were demolished, and they were forcibly evicted by state authorities, leaving them homeless and displaced. The demolition drive targeted the decades-old homes of Hindu youths such as Krishna and Harish, along with a nearby bungalow. Following this, Hindu women and other occupants were ordered to vacate the premises. The action triggered protests by members of the Hindu Meghwar community, who blocked Tando Ghulam Ali Road and demanded immediate intervention by the district administration. According to the affected residents, the demolition was carried out on the instructions of Mir Manzoor Ali Talpur, father of Sindh Minister Mir Tariq Ali Talpur. The protesters demanded an immediate halt to further demolitions, the restoration of their homes, and an impartial investigation into the incident. Community members stated that the affected Hindu families had lived in the area for generations and that their homes, places of worship, family graveyards, and livelihoods were closely tied to the land. They expressed concern that elderly residents, women, and children had been rendered homeless and were facing displacement following the demolition of their homes. Local rights advocates urged the Sindh government to ensure that any eviction or demolition was carried out strictly in accordance with the law and due process. They also called for the protection of vulnerable Hindu communities and a transparent inquiry into the incident. At the time of writing this report, responses from the offices of Mir Tariq Ali Talpur, Mir Manzoor Ali Talpur, the district administration, and other relevant authorities were not publicly available. This case highlights the persecution faced by the Hindu minorities in Pakistan, marked by systemic discrimination, violence, and forced conversions. Hindu women, particularly young girls, are often abducted, forcibly converted to Islam, and married off to Muslim men with little to no legal recourse. Temples are frequently vandalised or destroyed, and Hindu communities are subjected to social and economic marginalisation. Blasphemy laws are disproportionately used against Hindus, leading to false accusations and severe punishments. Many Hindu families are forced to flee their homes due to religious intolerance, living in constant fear of attacks. This sustained persecution highlights the dire conditions for Hindus in Pakistan, where their religious identity makes them targets of oppression.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
In this case, the primary category selected is: Attack not resulting in death. The subcategory selected is: Attacked for Hindu identity. In several cases, Hindus are attacked merely for their Hindu identity without any perceived provocation. A classic example of this category of religiously motivated hate crime is a murder in 2016. 7 ISIS terrorists were convicted for shooting a school principal in Kanpur because they got ‘triggered’ seeing the Kalava on his wrist and tilak that he had put. In this, the Hindu victim had offered no provocation except for his Hindu religious identity. The motivation for the murder was purely religious, driven by religious supremacy. Such cases where Hindus are targeted merely for their religious identity would be documented as a hate crime under this category. In this case, the selective targeting and demolition of Hindu homes by state authorities in Digri, Sindh, served as a stark demonstration of a religiously motivated hate crime. When state machinery is deployed to selectively evict families and demolish homes based entirely on their religious identity, it transcends standard administrative action and enters the realm of systemic persecution. In a non-discriminatory, routine urban regulation or anti-encroachment drive, enforcement is applied uniformly across a geographic area, irrespective of the residents' faith. However, the deliberate targeting of Hindu households for demolition, while leaving the surrounding Muslim-owned properties untouched, demonstrates that the operational trigger was the religious identity of the victims. This state-enforced displacement deliberately rendered the vulnerable minority Hindu community homeless, illustrating how institutional power was weaponised out of hatred and bias against Hinduism and its practitioners. Targeting the homes of the Hindu community elevates these demolitions to hate crimes because a home is not merely physical property; it is the anchor of a community's existential security, cultural continuity, and historical presence. For minority groups such as Hindus, ancestral homes, local places of worship, and family graveyards are deeply interconnected. By systematically dismantling these spaces, the perpetrators committed an act of cultural and physical erasure designed to signal to the entire Hindu community that they have no secure future or recognised rights within the territory. The psychological and physical trauma inflicted upon Hindu residents, including women and children, was a direct consequence of a crime intended to dispossess a community of its heritage and livelihood, driven purely by animosity towards their religious identity. This manifestation of state hostility against Hindus is deeply rooted in the foundational narrative of the Pakistani state, which historically constructed its national identity in direct opposition to India, perceived by Muslim extremists as a Hindu collectivity. Rooted in the belief in transnational Muslim unity and the Two-Nation Theory, the state's ideological framework has long cultivated a religious and political discourse that views the Hindu minority through a lens of inherent suspicion and animosity. When state authorities operate under an institutionalised bias that prioritises one religious identity while vilifying another, that prejudice inevitably translates into discriminatory policies and enforcement on the ground. The selective demolition of Hindu homes in Sindh is the visible execution of this deeply embedded intolerance, where institutional bias manifests as physical violence against the homes of Hindu citizens. This incident cannot be viewed in isolation; it must be understood within the broader, well-documented backdrop of the routine persecution faced by Hindu minorities across Pakistan. The community continually navigates an environment marked by severe vulnerabilities, including the desecration and vandalism of temples, targeted attacks on businesses, and the deeply concerning pattern of abductions, forced conversions, and forced marriages involving minor girls and young women from minority backgrounds. When the social landscape is characterised by such pervasive insecurity, state-sponsored evictions do not occur in a vacuum. Instead, they reinforce and legitimise the actions of the majority Muslim population, fitting seamlessly into an established pattern of institutional violence designed to marginalise and displace the Hindu community. Overall, since this case meets the parameters of a religiously motivated hate crime, it is being added to the hate crime database of the Hinduphobia Tracker. Disclaimer: The Hinduphobia Tracker records incident dates based on when the crime occurred rather than when it was reported in the media. However, in this case, the available media reports did not specify when the incident actually occurred. Accordingly, 26 June 2026, the date on which the incident was first reported in the media, has been recorded as the indicative incident date for documentation purposes only. The perpetrator count has been recorded as "1" because, although the demolition was carried out by state authorities, it was executed under the orders of Mir Manzoor Ali Talpur, father of Sindh Minister Mir Tariq Ali Talpur. Accordingly, for the purpose of documentation, the individual who authorised the action has been recorded as the sole perpetrator.
Case Status
Unknown
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
State and Establishment
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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