On Aug. 27 in Jashpur, police arrested eight Christians after Hindu extremists filed a police complaint against them of forceful conversion.
A source reported that Nevanti Bhagat, a widow, invited Pastor Jaikant Badiak from Jharkhand and other local pastors and Christians to her house for supper and a prayer meeting. At about 9 p.m., when the Christians were about to leave, the extremists suddenly stormed the house, along with media representatives, and forcibly took Badiak and seven Christians to the police station. Officers registered a case against the Christians based on the extremists’ complaint for criminal conspiracy, promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion and forcible conversion.
Of the Christians, six men went to Jashpur jail and two women to Raigarh jail. The men were released on bail Aug. 30, and the two women the next day. (CDN)
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