A 16-year-old Hindu girl's alleged abduction and conversion in Pakistan has created an uproar among the minority community.

Ravita Meghwar had been abducted from the Syed community of Wanharo village near Nagarparkar in the southeast Sindh province on June 6. On Thursday, she along with her 'husband' Nawaz Ali Shah, met with local journalists in Umerkot to "inform" them of her consent in the conversion and marriage, Dawn reported.

The girl, demanding protection for herself and husband, said that she had not been kidnapped but had eloped with Shah. She claimed to have embraced Islam in the presence of Pir Mohammad Ayub Jan Farooqui, an Islamic preacher, near the Samarro town of Umerkot district.

However, the Hindu community, along with the girl's family, has insisted that she was kidnapped and forced to convert. Her father Satram Das Meghwar alleged that influential members of the Syed community had kidnapped his daughter after giving sleeping pills to the family.

He alleged that despite frequent appeals, Thar police did not take any actions to trace the girl till she was forced to convert, the report said.

According to the marriage certificate issued by the preacher, "The girl is 18 years old, can marry the person of her choice and her Islamic name is Gulnar", the report said. However, her primary school certificate shows that Ravita is only 16-year-old as she was born on July 14, 2001.

The PML-N member of national assembly from Thar and chief of the Pakistan Hindu Council, Dr Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, has expressed his concern over the alleged abduction and the subsequent conversion of Ravita.

Earlier, an FIR was registered on the girl's request at the Dano Dhandal police station against four persons — Syed Nawaz Ali Shah, Syed Noor Ali Shah, Mohammad Nohrio Junejo and Sher Ali Junejo.