UP Police arrest pastor and three others for luring people to convert to Christianity

An FIR has been lodged under appropriate sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

An FIR has been lodged under appropriate sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
An FIR has been lodged under appropriate sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023

Hindu outfit activists informed police about forced religious conversion through allurement

Four persons, including a pastor from Uttarakhand, have been arrested in a village in Uttar Pradesh‘s Moradabad district for allegedly converting people to Christianity by luring them on the pretext of giving benefits, police officials said.

The accused gave people money as well as fridges, televisions, bicycles, motorcycles, and sewing machines to convert to Christianity. People instrumental in getting others converted are given Rs.25,000 while the pastor, who converts them gets Rs.35,000 on each conversion.

Thakurdwara Circle Officer (CO) Rajesh Kumar said that the incident happened in Rammanawala village under Thakurdwara police station when some people held a Christian religious congregation.

He said the activists of the two Hindu outfits intervened and informed the police alleging forced religious conversion through allurement.

An FIR has been lodged under appropriate sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, on the intervention of activists of two Hindu outfits, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal.

Moradabad VHP district unit general secretary Pankaj Singh Pal lodged an FIR against four people, including one Kuldeep, who claimed to be a pastor of Uddham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand, and three local villagers, including two brothers Jaipal and Amarjeet, and one Mukesh.

The CO said the FIR under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 351(2) for insulting and 351(3) for criminal intimidation as well as Sections 3 and 5(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, was lodged with Thakurdwara police station on Saturday.

He added that an investigation into the matter was underway.

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1 COMMENT

  1. SC will release him as NOT guilty.
    SC already said one may do any amount of corruption, the person can get bail, home food served in jail, TV & more including body massage free. Indian jails hold 5* rating. Hope some day – the judges children, will targeted & brutal attacks or eve teased by protestors against their judgement & wait to see for how long the judges can live in cloud 9 & deliver arm chair judgements

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