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Amritsar, Nov. 28: While India and Pakistan governments are finding out ways to resume dialogue, an incident of a Sikh being brutally beaten up and asked to convert to Islam has come to light.
Mr Anup Singh, a resident of Pindi Ghaip, nearly 100 kilometres from Islamabad, was allegedly attacked by a group of about eight to ten people on November 21 in day time.
Sources in Pakistan say that Mr Anup Singh was brutally beaten up and left seriously injured.
Mr Anup Singh, an advocate by profession, practices law in civil courts. He took a case of a Ms Safina Kanwal, wife of Mr Muhammad Amin, for a separation and haq maher (compensation) from her husband.
Mr Gurmeet Singh from Pakistan has alleged that Muhammad Amin, kidnapped Mr Anup Singh from his office and took him to his place. He was stripped and his photographs were taken with Amin’s wife to use it as evidence. He was compelled to sign on the blank paper and brutally beaten. His hair and beard were cut with the help of Muhammad Amin’s brothers and friends.
Mr Anup Singh was told that if he did not convert to Islam, he would not be allowed to live in the area and would be killed by them, said Mr Gurmeet Singh and added that he was admitted to an hospital in an unconcious state.
Mr Anup Singh, a resident of Pindi Ghaip, nearly 100 kilometres from Islamabad, was allegedly attacked by a group of about eight to ten people on November 21 in day time.
Sources in Pakistan say that Mr Anup Singh was brutally beaten up and left seriously injured.
Mr Anup Singh, an advocate by profession, practices law in civil courts. He took a case of a Ms Safina Kanwal, wife of Mr Muhammad Amin, for a separation and haq maher (compensation) from her husband.
Mr Gurmeet Singh from Pakistan has alleged that Muhammad Amin, kidnapped Mr Anup Singh from his office and took him to his place. He was stripped and his photographs were taken with Amin’s wife to use it as evidence. He was compelled to sign on the blank paper and brutally beaten. His hair and beard were cut with the help of Muhammad Amin’s brothers and friends.
Mr Anup Singh was told that if he did not convert to Islam, he would not be allowed to live in the area and would be killed by them, said Mr Gurmeet Singh and added that he was admitted to an hospital in an unconcious state.
