Hindu woman abducted, sexually exploited, forced to convert and perform Nikah by a Muslim man in Pakistan
Rohri, Sindh, Pakistan 
25 May, 2025
Case Summary
In Sindh, Pakistan, a Hindu woman named Rekha Meghwar was abducted by a Muslim man named Asim and was forcefully converted to Islam. Furthermore, after her conversion, Asim forcefully performed Nikah with her. Rekha stated her experience as that of being made a marital slave. After sexually exploiting the Hindu for nearly 2 years, he has now abandoned her, throwing her out of his home. This case is tragically part of a wider, heartbreaking reality for many Hindu families in Pakistan. Young girls, women, and even boys are often targeted, abducted, sexually assaulted, and forcibly converted, simply because of their faith. For these families, every day is lived in fear, knowing the law offers them little protection. The silence of authorities and the failure of the justice system deepen their pain, leaving victims and their loved ones feeling abandoned and powerless. These aren’t just statistics—they are real people whose lives are shattered while the world looks away.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been added to the tracker under the primary category of: - Predatory proselytisation. Within it, the sub-category selected is: - Harassment, threats, coercion for conversion. Harassment covers a wide range of behaviours of an offensive nature. It is commonly understood as behaviour that demeans, humiliates, and intimidates a person, including threats and coercion. Harassment and threats, in this case, find their root on discriminatory grounds which has the effect of nullifying a person’s rights or infringing upon his freedom to exercise his right specifically owing to the victim’s religious identity. Verbal and physical threats and psychological or physical harassment are often used against Hindu victims because they choose to practice their professed religion. Religious harassment also includes forced and involuntary conversions by harassment, threats or coercion. Coercion includes intimidatory tactics like force-feeding a Hindu victim beef to convert to another religion, forceful circumcision etc. In several cases documented, non-Hindu perpetrators or those who harbour specific animosity towards Hinduism, harass victims simply based on their religious identity. Such cases often also include harassment to ensure the Hindu victim abandons his/her professed religion and adopts the religion of the perpetrator. Such cases where Hindu victims are harassed to convert to the perpetrator’s religion are rooted in animosity towards the victim’s religious identity and are therefore documented as religiously motivated hate crimes. This case has been added to the tracker because a Hindu woman was abducted and forcibly converted to Islam by Asim. Furthermore, he then sexually exploited her and forced her to perform a Nikah. After sexually exploiting her, he eventually abandoned her, further proving that his only goal was sexual exploitation and the conversion of a Hindu woman. The targeting of a Hindu woman is often not random but is rooted in animosity towards the victim’s Hindu faith, making the crime inherently religiously motivated. This incident reflects a deeply entrenched pattern of religiously motivated violence against Hindus in Sindh and other parts of Pakistan. Hindu men, women, and children routinely have to face physical assaults, caste or religious humiliation, abductions, sexual violence, and forced conversions. These attacks are often driven by the belief of religious supremacy in Islam, where the lives of Hindus are considered inferior, which can be violated with impunity. The lack of legal protection, complicit silence of the authorities, and systemic failures of the judicial system perpetuate a climate of fear and injustice. Such cases illustrate how Hindu minorities in Pakistan are deliberately targeted for their faith, reinforcing the urgent need for international scrutiny and pressure to ensure the safety, dignity, and human rights of these vulnerable communities. Disclaimer: It is stated that she was facing this sexual exploitation for 2 years, though no exact date or month is provided. To document this case, we have used an indicative date—January 1, 2023—as a placeholder to represent the beginning of her suffering. While media coverage of the incident emerged on May 26, 2025, the Hinduphobia Tracker records the incident based on when the victim’s ordeal began, not when it was reported.
Victim Details
Total Victim
1
Deceased
0
Gender
- Male 0
- Female 1
- Third Gender 0
- Unknown 0
Caste
- SC/ST 1
- OBC 0
- General 0
- Unknown 0
Age Group
- Minor 0
- Adult 1
- Senior Citizen 0
- Unknown 0
Case Status
Unknown
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Muslim Extremists
Perpetrators Range
One Person
Perpetrators Gender
male
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