By OpIndia Staff
On 14th September 2024, activists from the Nepali branches of Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal, along with local residents, received information that around 100 people from Thuthibari town in Maharajganj were being brought to Nepal for conversion by a Christian group. The Hindu activists swung into action immediately and stopped the convoy of two buses that had been arranged to take them to Nepal.
During the confrontation, locals smeared black paint on the faces of those who came for conversion and beat up the pastor who had organised the conversion.
Reports suggest that the majority of the people taken for conversion were women and children, many of whom were from Dalit and Backward Classes. The accused pastor has been identified as Amos, who invited them to a church in Khairahani, Nepal, for conversion. The buses bearing Nepalese registration were parked at Maheshpur bus stand in Nepal, where the individuals had gathered to board the buses.
However, before they could board, local activists reached the location and protested against the planned conversions. The local residents misbehaved with those who had come from India to get converted and smeared their faces with black paint. Pastor Amos was beaten up by the locals for arranging the conversion programme. Following the protests, those who came from India were driven away and dropped off at the Indian border.
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