Pastor Threatened Over Alleged Religious Conversion: A Social Media Spark

A case has been registered after a group of right-wing activists allegedly threatened a pastor over accusations of religious conversion.

The police, acting without a formal complaint, initiated the case based on a video that circulated on social media. The footage, aired by local media, shows the activists confronting the pastor with threats of physical violence.

The First Information Report filed by the Sultan Bathery police suggests that the accused attempted to incite unrest by disseminating the incident through social media, thereby threatening public peace. The case has been filed under several sections of the BNS for provocation and criminal intimidation. This incident emerges amid political unrest in the region following the arrest of Catholic nuns in Chhattisgarh, accused of religious conversion. The National Investigation Agency court granted them bail recently.

(With inputs from agencies.)