Seven arrested over Pakistan forced conversion

    Police in Pakistan have arrested seven people following accusations of alleged abduction and forced religious conversions.

    Two videos emerged over the weekend of two females. Dawn News reports that the father and brother of the women said that the two sisters were abducted and forced into changing their religion from Hinduism to Islam.

    However, a separate video of the girls went viral, in which they said that they accepted Islam of their own free will.

    Police said they have conducted several raids in Punjab's Rahim Yar Khan district ─ where it was believed the girls were taken from.

    A marriage officiator is believed to be amongst the seven people arrested.

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