Hindus from various regions in Pakistan face constant kidnappings and abductions by Islamic extremist
Pakistan (CHAKRA) – A Hindu Trader, on his way home from his shop in a Mastung Bazaar, near the provincial capital, was stopped at gunpoint and taken away by a group of men. In similar cases, Hindu workers are kidnapped by Muslim extremist groups and held for ransom or forced into conversion.
The man, Vijay Kumar has closed his shop and was on his way home when a group of armed men stopped him at gunpoint, snatching him away, according to police.
Police said that witnesses at the scene informed them of some men who they had never seen take away Vijay Kumar as he was on his way home after closing the shop.
The Vijay Kumar has not been found and even after a police report has been made, other Hindu businessmen in the area are not content with police search efforts. They are upset with the government for failing to provide sufficient protection to the Hindu community and other non-muslim communities who are prone to getting robbed or abducted. They hope that the search continues and police efforts are taken seriously to find Vijay Kumar.
An issue with many of these cases is that the families are often to poor to pay the demanded ransom asked by the abductors. This makes the motive of these abductors questionable as they are not targeting members from the rich community, therefore making the possibility that cases like this based on religious hate.
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