3 Christians arrested over forced religious conversion in MP, sent to judicial custody

The villagers claimed in their complaint that the all the three accused had said that if they believed in Jesus Christ their illness would be cured

By: ANI News Agency |
April 11, 2017 10:36 am

Three Christians were arrested on charges of religious conversions in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh have been sent to judicial custody. They were arrested after a villager complained that they were forcibly trying to convert their religion.

All three accused are from Burhanpur, Badvani, and from Maharashtra. They were also alleged for converting more than 50 people in the village.

Following the arrest, the police produced Amarsingh, Kishor Barela, and Prabhakar Barela before a court which remanded them in judicial custody.

“They had organised a similar camp in village Sitaberi and enticed tribal people into conversion by giving Bible and Cross,” said a local, Raju, in his complaint.

The villagers claimed in their complaint that the all the three accused had said that if they believed in Jesus Christ their illness would be cured.

Last Saturday, Members of Hindu Yuva Vahini disrupted a prayer meeting in a church in Maharajganj alleging forced religious conversion by foreign nationals.

However, the pastor of the church alleged that the Uttar Pradesh Police accompanied by Hindu Yuva Vahini members disrupted their prayers by forcefully paying money to the locals to sing Hindu religious songs.