Special Judge Yatindra Kumar Guru found Omprakash Vishwapremi guilty of charges under the relevant provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, public prosecutor Mahendra Kumar Chaturvedi said.
Nine Christians Arrested in India for Alleged ‘Forced Conversions’
6 Feb 2021
Police arrested nine Christians in central India based on complaints of forced conversions from a Hindu nationalist group, AsiaNews reported Friday.
A mob from the Bajrang Da, the youth wing of the Hindu nationalist Vishva Hindu Parishad organization (VHP), stormed a Pentecostal prayer meeting held at a center run by a Catholic non-profit group called the Sat Prakashan Sanchar Kendra on January 26.
Present at the prayer meeting was a 25-year-old Hindu woman who claimed her parents had brought her to the service in an effort to convert her to Christianity.
INDORE: A sessions court on Tuesday denied bail to stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui who is booked for hurting religious feelings by making derogatory comments against Hindu god and goddess. The court of first additional sessions Judge Yatindra Kumar Guru accepted the police argument that it might create a law-and-order situation if he gets bail.
Police expressed suspicion that the show might have been part of a “planned programme” in the backdrop of recent violence in Ujjain and Indore districts. “Some time ago, a law-and-order situation had arisen due to comments and actions made by a particular community. In such a situation, Munawar Faruqui made insulting comments on a particular religion, culture in the name of a comedy show, which seems to be a pre-planned programme,” the court said in its order, quoting police arguments.