⚰️ Why Some Graves of Young Girls Are Guarded or Locked 1.
⚰️ Why Some Graves of Young Girls Are Guarded or Locked
1. Fear of Grave Desecration
In a few reported cases (for example, in Rawalpindi), families or local communities posted guards or checked graves because they were found tampered with — soil dug up, or damage visible.
→ Source: Dawn News – “Girl’s body exhumed after grave desecrated”
2. Black Magic or Ritual Activities
Some incidents involved people trying to dig graves for black magic or occult rituals.
→ In one 2024 case, a man was arrested in Rawalpindi for digging up a girl’s grave with “black magic items” found near it.
→ Source: The Express Tribune
3. Fear of Necrophilia (sexual abuse of corpses)
Some media outlets claimed that families lock or guard the graves of young women or girls to protect them from necrophilic acts.
→ Times of India and others published viral photos of graves with locks and metal cages.
However —
✔️ Fact-checkers found that many of those viral photos were not from Pakistan but from India, and that the claim was exaggerated or misattributed.
→ Source: The Logical Indian, Alt News
⚠️ What’s True and What’s Not
• Yes, isolated incidents of grave tampering and black magic have occurred.
• But there’s no verified evidence that “in Pakistan, every young girl’s grave is guarded for months.”
• Such claims became viral due to social media rumors and misreporting, often mixing real cases with false or old images.
Some rare cases of grave protection do exist — mainly due to fear of desecration, occult practices, or local superstition —
but it’s not a widespread or official practice in Pakistan.
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