PHC vows to approach international forums to demand justice for Jodhpur killings

PHC patron-in-chief says India's Citizenship Amendment Act exposes discrimination against minorities in India

The Pakistan Hindu Council (PHC) on Wednesday vowed to approach international forums to demand justice for the tragic killings of 11 Pakistani Hindus in India.

On August 9, 11 members of a Pakistani Hindu migrant family were found dead at a farm in Indian northern Rajasthan’s Jodhpur district, police officials said.

Addressing the media outside the Islamabad High Court (IHC), PHC patron-in-chief Dr Ramesh Kumar underscored that the killings had exposed India's Citizenship Amendment Act and its discrimination against minorities in India.

The patron-in-chief condemned the verdict of an Indian court that acquitted Hindu nationalist leaders, including former deputy prime minister Lal Krishna Advani, in a case over the demolition of the 16th-century Babri mosque at a disputed site 28 years ago, citing a lack of evidence.

Earlier this week, Dr Ramesh Kumar asked the Pakistan government to help move the International Court of Justice (ICJ) against the brutal killing of the 11 Pakistani Hindus.

“I would soon move the ICJ against India for the killing,” Dr Kumar said.