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British Sikh victims of Pakistani-origin grooming gangs gone unheard, claims new report

Young woman of Indian ethnicity wearing red color traditional cloths she sitting in Golden Temple and looking at camera portrait in Amritsar, Punjab India. The Golden Temple, also known as Sri Harmandir Sahib (“abode of God”) or Darbar Sahib is a Gurdwara located in the city of Amritsar, Punjab, India. It is the holiest Gurdwara and the most important pilgrimage site of Sikhism. The temple is built around a man-made pool (sarovar) that was completed by Guru Ram Das in 1577.

By: Sarwar Alam

British Sikh girls being targeted by Pakistani-origin grooming gangs for sexual abuse and exploitation over the years have not received full attention of the authorities due to political correctness, claims a new report released on Monday (3). The ‘Religiously Aggravated Sexual Exploitation of Young Sikh Women Across the UK’ report, collated by the Sikh Mediation And Rehabilitation Team (SMART) and Sikh Youth UK, received the backing of parliamentarians as it called for an investigation into the pattern of abuse dating back decades. “Since the early nineteen-eighties, evidence collated by British Sikh organisations has recorded cases of sexual abuse and exploitation…

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