Locals said that the missionaries gave them bottles filled with special water and advised them to drink it for 20 days. They also asked locals to chant 'Hallelujah'.
Following the uproar by Hindu activists, police reached the spot and arrested six individuals, including Pastor Deepak Singh Sidar, Pooja Sidar, Deepa Gotel, Gurvinder Singh, Shivkumar Dhivar and Madhu Kumar.
The victim's father alleged that pastor Jashan Gill lured her daughter and raped her. He forced her to undergo an abortion after she got pregnant without informing her family.
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.
Dang and Tapi, two districts in the southeastern part of Gujarat, are deeply affected by the illegal conversion of unsuspecting tribals living in rural areas
The FIR has been registered under Sections 3 and 5(1) of Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 against Nagendra Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Imarti and Radha.
From hearing disabilities to HIV-AIDS, paralysis to even Cancer, Prophet Bajinder Singh claims to have healed people with these conditions using his ‘Hallelujah’ miracles in his Changai Sabhas (healing congregations).
The police suspect that Singh might have fled to Punjab. A team has been dispatched to locate him. Given Shravasti's proximity to the Nepal border, authorities are monitoring the area to prevent any possible cross-border escape.
The Christian Missionaries in UP have set their eyes on a new target: vulnerable Muslims, who could be lured into eschewing their faith for Christianity.