4 Uttarakhand residents, including a pastor, were arrested in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh for allegedly offering benefits to convert people to Christianity, with police filing FIRs under relevant state acts.

Four persons, including a pastor from Uttarakhand, were arrested in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh for allegedly converting people to Christianity by offering benefits. The police lodged an FIR under relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021. The arrest followed intervention by activists of Hindu outfits Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal, who accused the group of forced religious conversion through allurement.

July 15, 2024
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