ICC Note:

Three Christians in India’s Madhya Pradesh state remain behind bars after being accused of committing forced conversions and blasphemy against Hinduism. Claims, often false, like this are often leveled against Christian evangelists in India by Hindu radicals seeking to thwart their work of spreading the Christian message. Only days before this accusation was made, Hindu radicals in the same area accused a young couple of being forcefully converted from Hinduism and attacked the Christian pastor that, at that time, was overseeing the couple’s wedding ceremony. Following the attack, the pastor was exonerated when the couple publicly claimed they had converted to Christianity freely three years before their wedding. 

5/25/2016 India (The Christian Times) – A clergyman in India, along with two female associates, were arrested over the weekend for allegedly forcing three people to convert to Christianity while offering them jobs and money.

“We have arrested them under section 295 A of IPC and (sections) 3 and4 of Religious Conversion Act,” said Mahendra Jagat of the Kotar police station, as quoted by Outlook India. Section 295 A refers to “deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class by insulting its religion or religious beliefs.”

According to the report, complainant Prashant Gupta, along with his associates Rambhan Adivasi and Hemraj Verma, were invited by the defendants — a pastor with last name Anthony, P Anthony, and Prabha Anthony — to the Aber Church, located in the Satna district.

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