Two Pastors were arrested in the city of Amroha in Uttar Pradesh under charges of forcible conversion despite many who claimed to have converted quite
\n openly declaring that they chose to change their faith and would not return to Hindusim.<\/p>\n
Pastor Maan Singh (40 Yrs) from Delhi and Brahmanand (30 Yrs) a local man where arrested from the home of Brahamand in Mandi Samti after a local BJP activist
\n lodged a First Incident report against the duo on 30th December 2017, at Hasanpur Police station. Three other unidentified men have also been
\n charged and remain at large while a search continues. <\/p>\n
The men were booked under IPC sections 295A (deliberate and malicious acts, intended to outrage religious feelings by insulting religion or religious
\n beliefs) and 153A (promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, language, etc).<\/p>\n
Later, the two men were produced before a magistrate and were sent to jail.<\/p>\n
According to the complaint registered by Shivkumar Singh, who claims to be an RSS member and is a resident of Rajpoot Colony in the local area, the
\n five accused men gathered local people to a public meeting on the pretext of informing them about \u201csocial issues and awakening\u201d<\/p>\n
Shivkumar however states that at the meeting anti-Hindu propaganda was being spoken and the five men revealed themselves to be Christian missionaries
\n whose desire it was to convert Hindus to Christianity. In the FIR, he alleged:<\/p>\n
\u201cThey said that with money funded from abroad, those who convert can lead a better life if they convert to Christianity. They abused Hinduism, our Hindu Gods and used objectionable language while trying to lure people for conversion,\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThey also used objectionable language for CM Yogi Adityanath and PM Narendra Modi,\u201d his statement read.<\/p>\n Shivkumar claimed that some families in the locality \u201cfell into their trap\u201d and have converted to Christianity but failed to say how many.<\/p>\n \u201cI had information about these people advertising conversion for a long time — for the last year, at least. On Saturday, I called some friends and caught them red-handed. Then I filed an FIR against them,\u201d Singh said.<\/span><\/p>\n The arrested men have denied all charges and have asked local police to produce any audio or video footage to prove the charges against them. On the 2nd of January Indian Channel TV100 whilst interviewing former Hindus who had converted to Christianity, some very passionate accounts
\n They have said that the charges are contrived by extremists intent on oppressing minorities.<\/p>\n
\n were shared<\/p>\n