"The kidnapping of young women and the treatment to which they were subjected constitute a sordid chapter in the histo…"

"Usually, rape and sexual assault were invariably followed by abduction of the victimised women. These abducted women …"

"Armed Pathans, operating in bands, were perhaps the worst offenders in West Punjab, especially in the districts of th…"

"They shot everyone who couldn't recite the kalima - the Arabic-language Muslim declaration of faith. Many non-Muslim …"

"The Punjabi Sikh and Hindu girls and Kashmiri women are proverbially beautiful, so they were in great demand in the M…"

"No one could predict how long this sold-off woman would remain there. These poor women were housed by the government …"

"One Muslim member of the Legislative Assembly was said to have five hundred girls in his possession in West Punjab, w…"

"The following strategy, the Report continues, was used wherever the mobs attacked: First of all minorities were disar…"

"The trouble for the non-Muslims in general, and for the women in particular, started in March, 1947. Whatever may be …"

"The assailants did not spare even little children. It was naked beastliness performing a devil’s dance. Children woul…"