Act against ‘forced conversion’: A Sikh team to Centre

A delegation of Sikhs on Tuesday urged the Centre to act against alleged cases of forced conversions in Jammu and Kashmir. They submitted a memorandum to Union minister of state for home G Kishan Reddy, following reports that four Sikh women were allegedly forced to convert to Islam before marriage. The delegation included Delhi BJP leader RP Singh. Reddy assured them that the Centre would take necessary action.

“The delegation submitted a memorandum about the alleged forced conversion and wedding of Sikh women in Kashmir. I will discuss the matter with the Union home minister on the action required to be taken,” Reddy said.

Akali Dal leader Manjinder Singh Sirsa had alleged on Monday that four Sikh women were forcibly converted to Islam and married in Kashmir recently and demanded that they be returned to their families. Delhi SAD president Paramjit Singh, however, said in Srinagar that one of the women who was taken back to her family from her alleged abductor later married a Sikh.


“The woman was married to Sukhbir Singh today. They knew each other and there was no coercion or force used,” said Paramjit Singh.