KANPUR: RIGHT-WING GROUPS TARGET TWO CHURCHES; TWO MEN ARRESTED FOR 'ILLEGAL CONVERSION' [ https://thewire.in/communalism/kanpur-two-churches-targeted-right-wing ] A group of men, who were from
Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP), interrupted the prayer claiming that Abhijeet, Rajat, Jeevan, Shivansh, Sheetal, and Rana were “converting people to Christianity”.
Six people were detained from the church on Saturday, out of which two are in judicial custody. The remaining four were allegedly “illegally detained” in the police station of Chakeri in Kanpur on Saturday and released on Monday night, according to advocate Chanchal, who is handling the matter
The attacks come at a time when civil society members have sounded the alarm over a “climate of fear” among the Christian community, which they said was being targeted by using the bogey of “forced conversion”.