Islamabad: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has raised alarm about reports of organised criminal gangs holding hostage 30 members of the minority Hindu community, including women and children. The incident has been reported from the districts of Kashmore and Ghotki in Sindh.
The HRCP also highlighted the threats to attack Hindu temples, calling on the home department to investigate the matter immediately. “Moreover, we have received disturbing reports that these gangs have threatened to attack the community's sites of worship, using high-grade weapons. The Sindh Home Department must investigate this matter immediately and take steps to protect all vulnerable citizens in these areas,” it added.
The group raised concern amid reports of a Hindu temple being attacked with rocket launchers by a gang of dacoits in the Southern Sindh province of Pakistan, in the second such incident of vandalism of a place of worship belonging to the minority community in less than two days.