Court Impedes Effort to Rescue Kidnapped Girl in Bangladesh
November 3, 2009
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The Voice of the Martyrs
This story is so troubling on so many levels. Please take a moment to pray for this dear girl and those involved in trying to locate her.
Muslim men abduct Christian eighth-grader, force her to convert and marry.
Four Muslim men abducted eighth-grade student Silvia Merry Sarker on July 30 as she made her way home from school in west Sujankathi village, under Agoiljhara police jurisdiction, in Barisal district in southern Bangladesh, according to her father, Julian Sarker.
Sarker filed a case under the Women and Children Repression Act against Al-Amin Faria, 24, Shamim Faria, 22, Sahadat Faria, 20, and Sattar Faria, 50.
“My daughter was abducted by Faria with the help of his cousins and other relatives,” said Sarker.
Sarker filed a First Information Report (FIR) charging that the men abducted his daughter initially to “indulge Al-Amin Faria’s evil desire.” Later she was forced to convert to Islam and marry Al-Amin Faria, which Sarker said was part of an attempt to take over his land and property.
Local police inspector Ashok Kumar Nandi told Compass that police were continuing efforts to arrest the kidnappers but had yet to find them, as the unusually early bail order had blocked their efforts.