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A Catholic priest in India has called the arrest of nine Christians for “attempted conversion” a “travesty of justice.”
MUMBAI, India – A Catholic priest in India has called the arrest of nine Christians for “attempted conversion” a “travesty of justice.”
The Christians were arrested on Jan. 27 in the city of Indore, a day after a mob of Hindu militants invaded a Pentecostal prayer meeting taking place at the Satprakashan Sanchar Kendra (Center for the Light of Truth), a media center owned by the Society of the Divine Word, a Catholic religious order that lets other Christian groups use the premises.
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.
Christians arrested on conversion charge denied bail in India
Christians suspect an orchestrated action and strategy to target them in Madhya Pradesh
Hindu activists march in Jhabua on Jan. 11 to demand the closure of all Christian churches in the district of Madhya Pradesh state in central India. (Photo supplied)
Nine Christians charged under a newly enacted anti-conversion law in central India s Madhya Pradesh state plan to seek bail from the state s High Court after a trial court denied them bail.
The court in Indore city turned down the bail application on Jan. 27, a day after the Protestant Christians were arrested from a Catholic media center where they had gathered for a routine prayer service.
Indore: Woman Alleges Forced Conversion, Police Arrest Parents and Seven Others
A case was registered under the state s new anti-conversion law.
Representative image of police. Photo: Reuters/Mansi Thapliyal
Rights28/Jan/2021
New Delhi: Police in Indore have arrested the parents of a woman and seven other people under the state’s new anti-conversion law for allegedly forcing her to embrace Christianity.
According to news agency PTI, before the arrest of the accused, people affiliated to the Bajrang Dal had created a “ruckus” at Christian centre in Indore on Tuesday, alleging that many persons were being “forced” to convert.
Earlier this month, the state government promulgated the Freedom of Religion Ordinance 2020, which provides for 10 years in jail in some cases if the accused is found guilty of conversion through fraudulent means.