India reiterates Pakistan needs to protect its minorities

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

New
Delhi,
Dec
30:
India
has
reacted
sharply
to
the
beheading
of
a
Hindu
woman
in
Pakistan’s
Sindh
province
and
said
that
Islamabad
should
taken
responsibility
for
keeping
women
safe.

A
42
year
old
Hindu
woman,
Diya
Bheel
was
gang
raped
and
brutally
beheaded
in
the
Sinjhoro
area
of
Pakistan’s
Sindh
province
recently.
The
Ministry
for
External
Affairs
in
a
stern
response
said
that
the
Pakistan
government
should
take
strong
measures
to
safeguard
the
minorities
in
the
country.

“We
have
seen
reports
about
it,
but
we
don’t
have
specific
details
on
the
case,
but
we
have
reiterated
that
Pakistan
should
protect
its
minorities
along
with
their
safety,
security
and
well-being,
which
is
their
responsibility,”
MEA
spokesperson,
Arindam
Baghchi
told
reporters
during
a
weekly
briefing.

On
December
29,
another
case
of
gang
rape
was
reported
in
the
Sindh
Province.
Diya
Bheel
was
gang
raped,
beheaded
and
her
breasts
chopped
off
by
unidentified
persons.
Before
dumping
her
in
a
wheat
field
the
accused
also
reskinned
her.
A
sharp
weapon
was
also
used
to
cut
the
body
parts
of
the
woman.

Hindu
widow
gang
raped,
beheaded
and
breast
chopped
off
in
Pakistan

Diya
belonging
to
the
Bheel
tribe
was
a
wide
and
had
five
children.
The
accused
persons
had
separated
the
skin
and
flesh
from
her
head,
thus
exploding
her
skull.
They
even
removed
the
breast
parts
and
a
large
portion
of
flesh
from
her
chest,
thus
exposing
her
ribs.

Such
incident
of
religious
persecution
are
not
new
in
the
Islamic
nation
of
Pakistan.
The
Muslims
have
in
particular
targeted
the
Hindus,
Christians,
Sikhs,
Christians,
Buddhists
among
others.
In
October
this
year,
a
Hindu
woman
in
Pakistan’s
Punjab
was
undressed,
raped
and
tortured
for
asking
for
a
daily
wage.

The
police
have
registered
an
FIR.
None
of
the
accused
have
however
been
identified
as
yet.

The
government
of
India
had
introduced
the
Citizenship
Amendment
Act
(CAA)
to
ensure
that
the
persecuted
minority
in
Afghanistan,
Bangladesh
and
Pakistan
are
given
Indian
citizenship.
The
act
aimed
at
protecting
the
persecuted
minorities
and
granting
them
Indian
citizenship.