Police in the Dano Dhandal area of Nagarparkar on Friday registered a case against five people for the alleged abduction and forcible conversion of a Hindu girl from the village of Dotar Dal about a week ago.

Partab Kohli, the father of teenage girl Dharmi Kohli, alleged that five men identified as Zulfiqar Ali Dal, Muhammad Hanif Dal, Muhammad Rahim Dal, Asghar Ali Dal and Azizullah Dal had abducted his daughter a week ago and forced her to convert to Islam from Hinduism.

Partab demanded the speedy recovery of his daughter ─ who he claimed was a minor ─ and called for strict action against the suspects.

Station House Officer Dodo Arisar said that police had arrested two suspects in raids, and an investigation into the case is underway.

Two days ago, Dharmi and her husband Zulfikar Ali Dal spoke to journalists in the area demanding protection from the government as their lives were allegedly under threat from Partab Kohli and other relatives of Dharmi who had been giving them death threats after their free-will marriage.

Dharmi said she is at least 18-years-old, whereas her father had claimed that she was still a minor.

Residents of the village of Dotar Dal claimed that the two had fallen in love and decided to marry.

According to locals, Dharmi and Zulfikar went the seminary of Gulzar Khalil in Umerkot district's Samaro town less than a week ago, where they reportedly embraced Islam under the guidance of Maulana Muhammad Ayub Sarhandi.

After Dharmi embraced Islam, she changed her name to Noorbano, they said.