Crime

The Gond and Baiga tribal children were fully converted to Christianity. They pray to Jesus, hold Bibles, and follow Christian rituals. The Baiga tribe, which is already facing extinction in many regions, is reportedly being aggressively targeted by such missionaries.

During a meeting at preacher's house in Chhat, Pastor Bajinder Singh and his henchmen Jatinder Pastor, Akbar Pastor, Sattar Ali, Sucha Singh, Rajesh Chaudhary and Sandeep Pehalwan allegedly abused and beat up the victim. She further stated that they outraged her modesty and issued death threats if she disclosed the incident to anyone.

All the 10 accused gangraped the minor girl and recorded her obscene videos. They threatened to release her video is she did not come to meet them whenever called by them.

Recent reports indicate a troubling trend of husbands killing their wives and vice versa across the country, with several high-profile cases coming up in the media

The locals alleged a conspiracy behind the idol vandalisation. One of the locals said that the idol was vandalised after everyone had left after performing the daily prayer

The unverified videos show a mob marching on the roads and vandalising public property.

Applications were filed between 2019 and August 2020 utilizing e-mitra and CSC under the identities of fictitious farmers.

Raids are being conducted to find the nearly 70 individuals whose involvement came to light throughout the investigation.

She also accused Bajinder of doing black magic. She alleged that he used to force her to collect skulls from cremation grounds.

Police suspect that the murder was pre-planned as Hospital CCTV cameras were turned off 20 days before the murder.