Karachi:
A 44-year-old Hindu woman was murdered and her body was found mutilated in a mustard field in Pakistan’s Sindh province.
Krishna Kumari, a Hindu senator from the Pakistan People’s Party in Sindh province, took to Twitter on Thursday to break the news of Daya Bheel, the murder of a Hindu widow in Sinjhiro, a town in Sanghar district in Sindh province.
“Daya Bheel suddenly disappeared yesterday from the agricultural field near Sinjhoro. Her dead body was found in a very bad condition in a mustard field. Her head was separated from the body,” Kumari tweeted.
Bheel’s mutilated body was found on December 27, after her son Soomar went looking for her in the mustard field.
“What is agonizing for us (family) is the way she was killed,” her son Soomar told PTI.
“When my mother didn’t return we went looking for her and after hours of searching we found her mutilated body in the field,” he added.
She was survived by four children.
The incident has sparked outrage among the province’s Hindu community, who staged protests in the Sanghar district and demanded immediate police action.
Sindh Police has formed a joint investigation team to investigate the murder.
Hindus are the largest minority community in Pakistan.
According to official estimates, 75 lakh Hindus live in the country.
The majority of Pakistan’s Hindu population is based in Sindh province, where they share culture, traditions and language with Muslim residents.
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