US EditionVictim Says Bajrang Dal Forced Her to Give False Statement, Claims Arrested Nuns Innocent
CHHATTISGARH, INDIA, JUL 31 – Two Kerala nuns and an associate face human trafficking and forced conversion charges involving three tribal girls, with one girl alleging coercion to give false testimony, police said.
- On July 25, 2025, Sisters Preeti Mary and Vandana Francis and Sukhman Mandavi were arrested at Durg railway station by the Government Railway Police, facing charges of forced religious conversion and human trafficking.
- A Bajrang Dal member lodged the complaint, prompting an FIR under Section 143 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Section 4 of the Chhattisgarh Religious Freedom Act.
- Victim Kamleshwari Pradhan alleged she was threatened and assaulted by Jyoti Sharma to change her statement, and the GRP did not record her actual statement.
- They remain in custody until August 8, as the Durg sessions court in Durg district said it lacked jurisdiction to hear their bail plea.
- Political figures across parties reacted strongly, with Congress and CPI criticizing the arrests, while Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai accused the opposition of politicizing the matter.
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Victim says Bajrang Dal forced her to give false statement, claims arrested nuns innocent
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'Human trafficking' case: Victim alleges coercion by Bajrang Dal, claims arrested nuns innocent
Narayanpur, Jul 31 (PTI) A victim of an alleged human trafficking and forceful conversion, in which two nuns have been arrested in Chhattisgarh, has alleged she was coerced and assaulted by Bajrang Dal activists to give a false statement, a charge denied by the right wing outfit. The police also did not record her statement […]
Exclusive | Twist in Kerala nuns’ arrest: Chhattisgarh woman says statement was coerced, police didn’t listen
The woman told The Indian Express she was threatened and assaulted by Jyoti Sharma, a woman associated with a right-wing outfit, to change her statement, and the police based their FIR on what members of the Bajrang Dal told them
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