*New Delhi, Jan 17:* India on Friday summoned a senior official of thePakistan High Commission here and lodged a strong protest over recent casesof abduction of minor girls belonging to minority Hindu community in thatcountry, official sources said.
As per reports, two minor girls, Shanti Meghwad and Sarmi Meghwad belongingto the minority Hindu community were abducted from a village in Sindhprovince on January 14.
“Pakistan has been conveyed the grave concerns as expressed amongst variousquarters of the Indian civil society at such a shocking and deplorableincident involving minor girls from the minority Hindu community there.
The incidents have been strongly condemned, and India has asked forimmediate and safe return of these girls to their families,” said a source.
These girls belonged to Umar Village in Sindh, according to reports.
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In another incident, a minor girl, Mehak, also belonging to the minorityHindu community, was abducted from the Jacobabad district of Sindh provincein Pakistan on January 15, according to reports of Indian media.
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