Targeted attack on Christian, Adivasi communities: LDF, UDF

THE nuns arrested on charges of forced conversion and human trafficking in Chhattisgarh will have to remain in jail after the Sessions Court there refused to hear the bail plea, citing jurisdictional issues.

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It is understood that the matter will now be heard by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court in Bilaspur.

According to the members of the LDF, UDF, and BJP delegations, the court has stated that the nuns will have to approach a special court for relief. Sr Preethi Merry and Sr Vandana Francis, along with Sukaman Mandavi, were arrested by the Government Railway Police (GRP) at the Durg Railway Station in Chhattisgarh on July 25 following a complaint by a local Bajrang Dal functionary, who accused them of forcibly converting three women from the state's tribal-dominated Narayanpur district and trafficking them.