'Mere Suspicion': 2 Kerala nuns get bail

Accused of trafficking, forced conversion

- MPOST BUREAU

DURG/THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two nuns from Kerala and another person, accused of human trafficking and forced conversion, were released from Durg Central Jail in Chhattisgarh on Saturday after a court granted them bail, holding that the case was based on "mere suspicion".

Leaders of the Congress and ruling LDF in Kerala welcomed the news, and accused the BJP of ignoring the atrocities against minorities in the states ruled by it while championing their cause in the southern state.

Archbishop of Trichur Andrews Thazhath, president of the Catholic Bishops Conference of India, said the "false case" against the two women should be withdrawn.

Catholic nuns were received outside the jail in Durg by several leaders from their home state, including LDF MPs and Kerala BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar, and also Congress leaders including former MLA from Durg, Arun Vora.

The nuns left the place with Chandrasekhar in a vehicle.