JAMMU: Police have registered a case towards a bunch of unidentified folks accused of making an attempt to lure residents of a village in Kathua district of J&Ok into non secular conversion.On Oct 24, eight police personnel in Kathua, together with a sub-inspector, have been suspended after a video clip purportedly displaying a bunch of locals attacking non secular preachers in Juthana space went viral.A case was registered in reference to the assault and one of many accused was arrested. Police are in search of others.Officers mentioned the incident occurred in a rural space of Kathua district, the place Christian missionaries have been reportedly “persuading” villagers to alter their faith. They mentioned one other FIR was registered on Oct 25 towards unidentified folks following a written grievance filed by the locals alleging tried non secular conversion.SSP Mohita mentioned additional investigation is underway.On Sept 20, numerous Hindu organizations had held an indication in Samba over alleged makes an attempt at non secular conversion by teams of missionaries underneath the pretext of social gatherings.Such allegations should not new to the state.In 2011, a pastor named C M Khanna was booked for forcible non secular conversion in Kashmir and arrested. In line with police, he revealed that in questioning that round 15 native Muslims had been transformed to Christianity by him.Again then, within the wake of such experiences, the Grand Mufti of Jammu and Kashmir, Bashir-ud-Din, had issued a fatwa directing three Christian clergymen to go away the area in 2012, whereas a fourth priest, who was the principal of a distinguished missionary faculty, was placed on discover.
