Two held for position in forcing nuns off practice
TWO PERSONS have been detained for his or her alleged position within the March 19 incident on the Jhansi railway station, the place 4 Christian girls, together with two nuns, have been verbally harassed and compelled off a practice after being falsely accused of participating in pressured spiritual conversion.
The two held have been recognized as Anchal Arjariya and Purgesh Amariya. Arjariya’s social media profile describes him as an office-bearer of VHP and Hindu Jagran Manch, and a member of the Gau Raksha Samiti.
Jhansi District Magistrate Andra Vamsi mentioned {that a} case has been lodged on the GRP police station in Jhansi. “The two persons were held under CrPC provisions for breach of peace. The two persons were detained based on video evidence against them in connection with the March 19 incident,” mentioned the DM.
The DM mentioned that “the District Administration and police took stringent action against those involved… (and) proceedings against others involved are in the pipeline”. Jhansi GRP SHO, Sunil Kumar Singh, mentioned the 2 “have been brought for questioning”. He mentioned they weren’t travelling on the practice with the nuns however performed a task within the incident.
The incident was delivered to gentle in a video that confirmed the ladies being questioned by ABVP males and Railway safety personnel, and requested to get off the practice.
Following the video, Union Home Minister Amit Shah mentioned throughout a ballot rally in Kerala, from the place the nuns are, that the culprits “will be brought to justice”.
The incident additionally prompted Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala’s Left authorities, to ship a letter to Shah demanding motion towards “all groups and individuals who disrupt and impair the freedom of individual rights guaranteed by the Constitution”.
According to officers, the 2 nuns and two 19-year-old postulants — these in search of admission to a non secular order — of the Sacred Hearts Congregation of Delhi Province had boarded the Haridwar-Puri Kalinga Utkal Express within the nationwide capital on March 19 however have been pressured to get off at Jhansi at 8 pm.
Congregation authorities mentioned the postulants have been returning dwelling to Rourkela accompanied by the nuns after ending their course in Delhi. Once their identities have been confirmed, they have been allowed to proceed the subsequent day.
Railway officers mentioned the nuns have been requested to get off the practice based mostly on a written grievance from Ajay Shankar Tewari, a resident of Jhansi, and one other co-passenger.
According to Tewari’s grievance, he was not travelling in the identical coach as the ladies however got here throughout them whereas “passing by”. It states that he referred to as the Railway helpline and alerted native “Hindu neta”, Anchal Arjariya, who knowledgeable the GRP and RPF in Jhansi.
Officials mentioned the complainants have been “members of the ABVP who were returning from a training camp in Rishikesh to Jhansi”.