SGPC slams ‘forced’ conversion, marriage of Pak Sikh girl

Amritsar, August 29

The SGPC has taken cognisance of an incident in which the daughter of a priest at Gurdwara Tambu Sahib in Nankana Sahib Giani Bhagwan Singh was reportedly forced to marry a Muslim boy.

After several videos related to the incident went viral, the SGPC sought intervention of the Ministry of External Affairs and appealed to Pakistan PM Imran Khan to bring justice to the girl and her family.

In a clip the girl introduced herself as Jagjit Kaur. Her “nikahnama” was read out and she was asked for her consent for marrying Mohammad Hussain Zulfikar. Later, she was seen admitting to the marriage and changing her name to Ayesha as per her own will.

On the other hand, it has been learnt that after the girl got missing, her family had lodged a complaint with the Nankana Sahib City police station. In another video, her brothers and father claimed that Jagjit was picked up by unidentified persons, forced to change her religion and got her married to a Muslim. — TNS