'Kicked and punched': Sikh student tortured, turban forcibly removed in Pakistan

An Amritdhari Sikh miss was allegedly assaulted astatine a Christian schoolhouse successful Pakistan’s Faisalabad district, IANS reported, citing Khalsa Vox.The study claims that the girl’s turban was forcibly removed and she was beaten aft she refused to instrumentality portion successful Christian prayers.

The incidental reportedly took spot astatine St. Catherine Girls High School successful the Warispura area.The girl’s parent said schoolhouse unit kicked and punched her girl successful the stomach. She added that the miss suffers from asthma, but erstwhile her sister tried to help, teachers allegedly stopped her, saying the unfortunate was pretending.Sikh Brotherhood International, a assemblage group, has condemned the incidental and called for strict enactment against the schoolhouse authorities.

The parent besides alleged that she did not person enactment from Sikh leaders successful Pakistan contempt asking for help. She has demanded enactment against those responsible.Khalsa Vox further reported that the parent had earlier faced superior abuse. She claimed she was held captive for 9 months successful Faisalabad and was assaulted and tortured by her captors. During that time, she besides alleged that her son’s hair, which is ineffable successful Sikhism, was forcibly cut.

According to the report, the lawsuit came to airy aft a writer highlighted it, pursuing which Punjab’s number affairs curate intervened and helped unafraid her release.The incidental has raised caller concerns among Sikh assemblage members successful Pakistan, who are questioning the information and attraction of minorities successful the country.