Forced conversions in Malda, West Bengal: Calcutta High Court orders CBI-NIA probe; seeks report by June 21

Justice Mantha expressed dismay as to how can a police officer be involved in a matter of forceful religious conversion

May 20, 2022

A joint probe by CBI and NIA has been ordered by the Calcutta HC into forceful religious conversions in Malda district

A joint probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has been ordered by the Calcutta High Court on Thursday into the allegations of forceful religious conversions at Kaliachak in the Malda district of West Bengal.

At the same time, the high court bench of Justice Rajasekhar Mantha directed the Malda district police superintendent to file an affidavit detailing the actions taken by him on this count. Justice Mantha has directed the central probe agencies to submit a report on this count to the high court by June 21.

Justice Mantha expressed dismay as to how can a police officer be involved in a matter of forceful religious conversion.

Earlier, two brothers of the same family along with the wife and children of one of the two brothers had alleged that they were forced to go for religious conversion. They had held the inspector-in-charge of Malda police station and two other policemen responsible for this event. Considering the gravity of the matter, Justice Mantha ordered a joint probe by the CBI and the NIA.

[With Inputs from IANS]

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