Jhansi/Kochi, Mar 23 : Four nuns were taken off an express train and detained for questioning by railway police in UP's Jhansi rece...
Jhansi/Kochi,
Mar 23 : Four nuns
were taken off an express train and detained for questioning by railway police
in UP's Jhansi recently, with the Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC)
expressing concern over the matter.
KCBC on Tuesday alleged two nuns belonging to Kerala- based Sacred Heart
congregation and two postulants were harassed during the March 19 incident,
even as Congress and BJP took up the matter with Prime Minister Narendra Modi
and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, respectively.
Officials in Jhansi said the nuns were detained after local Bajrang Dal
activists complained that two of the women were allegedly being taken forcibly
for religious conversion.
The police said there was no basis in the complaint and all four women later
took the next train to their destination in Odisha.
Following the ruckus created by local Bajrang Dal leader Ajay Shankar Tiwari
along with the activists last week, the four nuns onboard the Utkal Express
from Delhi to Rourkela were taken down from the train by the Government Railway
Police (GRP) in Jhansi for questioning.
Circle Officer of GRP Naeem Ansari said the complainant had said the women were
being taken possibly for forcible religious conversion.
"However, during questioning, nothing as such came to light, and the four
passengers were allowed to depart by the next train. No case has been
registered in this regard," he said.
During questioning, it was revealed that nuns Libiya Thomas and Hemlata, both
residents of Delhi's Vikaspuri, along with Sweta and B Tarang (both
19-years-old and natives of Odisha) were travelling in a sleeper coach of the
Utkal Express.
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