Narayanpur: The Keralite nuns arrested in Chhattisgarh on charges of human trafficking and forced conversion are innocent, said one of the victims, adding that she was coerced and assaulted by Bajrang Dal activists to give a false statement- a charge denied by the right-wing outfit.
The 21-year-old Kamleshwari Pradhan claimed that the police did not record her statement properly, adding that her family has been following Christianity for the last four to five years.
The tribal woman, whose parents are farmers, also claimed the two nuns and another person arrested in the case were innocent and said they should be released from jail.
However, Bajrang Dal Durg unit convener Ravi Nigam denied all the allegations. "We have neither threatened nor beaten anyone. There are CCTV cameras installed at the railway station, the truth will come out through them," he told PTI.
Nuns Preethi Mary and Vandana Francis, both from Kerala, along with Sukhman Mandavi, were arrested by the Government Railway Police (GRP) at Durg railway station on July 25 following a complaint by a local Bajrang Dal functionary, who accused them of forcibly converting three women from the tribal-dominated Narayanpur district and trafficking them.
Pradhan claimed she was not being trafficked as she was going along with them at her own will and with her parents' consent. "I was going to Agra with the nuns with the consent of my parents. From there, we were about to go to Bhopal where we were to be given work at a...
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