By UCA News reporter
Seven Christians have been accused of violating the stringent anti-conversion law in two separate incidents in the northern Indian Uttar Pradesh state.
Police arrested Pastor Ram Udeshy Sahani, Babulal Sahani and Vinod Kumar on July 14 in Maharajanj district.
They were charged with converting a man by allegedly offering money and promising miraculous healing, according to a complaint lodged by his wife, Chanda, who was identified by only her first name.
The police in Senduria village said the woman alleged in her complaint that her husband, who was identified by a single name, Anil, removed portraits of Hindu gods and goddesses from their home after his conversion.
The three Christians were arrested but Babulal Sahani and Vinod Kumar were released on bail on July 16.
“The police did not invoke the provisions of the anti-conversion law” against the two, said a lawyer dealing with their case.
Four other Christians were accused of converting Hindu villagers in the Moradabad district by a leader of the Hindu group Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP or World Hindu Council).
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