Minor Hindu girls abducted amidst ongoing persecution of minorities in Pakistan
Tando Muhammad Khan, Sindh, Pakistan 
5 November, 2025
Case Summary
Two minor Hindu girls, aged 13 and 14, were abducted from near Tando Muhammad Khan Railway Station in Sindh, Pakistan, on the night of 6 November 2025. Before their kidnapping, the girls had recorded a video expressing fear and distress over repeated harassment and threats from the men who later abducted them. The video, now widely circulated, shows the girls pleading for help and describing how they were being followed and intimidated. The families of the victims struggled for three days to have an FIR registered. After continuous pressure and appeals, local police finally filed a case and began an investigation, though the families and activists remain doubtful about whether the authorities will act effectively. Raila and Sheetal’s abduction adds to the growing list of cases involving the kidnapping, forced conversion, and marriage of minor Hindu girls in Sindh. Rights groups estimate that around 1,000 Hindu and Christian women are kidnapped in Pakistan each year, with many cases ignored or dismissed by local police. Victims’ families frequently face intimidation and social pressure, which discourages them from pursuing justice. Police confirmed that an FIR has been lodged and that efforts were underway to locate the girls. However, given the repeated pattern of indifference in previous cases, activists and families remained deeply sceptical about the investigation’s progress.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the Hinduphobia Tracker because it exhibits several recurring characteristics found in cases of religiously motivated violence and persecution against Hindus in Pakistan, particularly in Sindh. The abduction of two minor Hindu girls aligns with a documented pattern of targeting young Hindu girls for kidnapping, conversion, and forced marriage by Muslim men. The existence of a pre-abduction video in which the victims expressed fear of harassment and threats further indicates premeditation and a sustained effort to intimidate and control them. Although there is no explicit confirmation that the abduction was carried out with a declared religious motive, the circumstances reflect the broader climate of systemic discrimination and religiously motivated coercion faced by Hindu minorities in Pakistan. Incidents of this nature have repeatedly followed the same trajectory: abduction, conversion to Islam, and subsequent marriage to Muslim men, often under state and judicial neglect. Given the pattern and context, this case has been placed in the Undecided Database of the Hinduphobia Tracker pending further evidence of explicit religious motivation. Should additional details confirm that the abduction was driven by religious hostility, it will be reclassified as a hate crime against Hindus.
Victim Details
Total Victim
2
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 2
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 0
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 2
Age Group
- Minor 2
- Adult 0
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Complaint registered
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Unknown
Perpetrators Range
Unknown
Perpetrators Gender
unknown
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