A Hindu woman schoolteacher, who was reported missing last month, has told a Magistrate in this northwestern Pakistani city that her kidnapper tried to force her to convert her faith and marry him.
25-year old victim told Magistrate Mohammad Fayyaz Khan that her abductor kept her unconscious most of the time while she was in captivity, the Dawn reported on Tuesday.
Khan directed police to conduct a medical examination of the woman and submit a report. The woman was recovered from Khairpur area of Punjab province on Saturday after police traced her through the cellphone of her alleged captor, Zahid Nawaz.
Nawaz is a resident of Bahawalpur. The woman had gone missing on December 21. She said that a car stopped near her and she fell unconscious when a person put a cloth doused with an anaesthetic on her face.
She said when she gained consciousness, she saw Zahid Nawaz present in the room. She said whenever she gained consciousness, Nawaz would demand that she should marry him after converting to Islam.
The woman said on her refusal, Nawaz would put an anaesthetic-doused cloth on her face. Rani said as she was unconscious most of the time, she was unsure whether she was sexually assaulted.