Seven proselytizers were arrested in Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh for allegedly trying to convert people to Christianity by luring them with promises of “good food and English education, reports daijiworld.
The arrests were made on Sunday (September 17) evening and as per reports, the arrested people have been identified as Ram Ratan Shankar, Laxmi Shankar, Rajendra Sewak, Pawan Kishan, Rahul Prasad, Virendra Lal, and Akhilesh Kumar.
According to Lalganj SHO Shiv Shankar Sing who said Pitambar Kumar of Bindaganj had informed that Ram Ratan Shankar had organised a prayer at his residence on Sunday and was luring innocent villagers to embrace Christianity by offering them good food and English education.
“A team reached the residence of Ram Ratan to find that they were organizing a prayer and over a dozen villagers were participating. They were being given religious sermons along with booklets and pamphlets while they were being persuaded to convert,” the police said.
In 2023, around 90 people have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh for allegedly converting villagers to Christianity.
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