Jammu, Jan. 16 -- In a letter addressed to the sub-divisional magistrate, the Zanskar Buddhist Association has sought an anti-conversion law for Ladakh, alleging recurrent incidents of abduction of Buddhist girls in Ladakh.

A letter on the issue has also been written to the Union home minister Amit Shah. Copies of the letter have been sent to the Ladakh lieutenant governor Kavinder Gupta and chief secretary Ashish Kundra.

"We, the undersigned, are writing this letter with extreme urgency and distress to report the kidnapping, abduction/ wrongful confinement of a Buddhist girl from Zanskar, by an unidentified individual, who has been missing for the past many days," it stated.

"We would also like to request the concerned authorities for...