The case is yet another reminder of how missionaries have been weaponising superstition to target vulnerable individuals who refuse to convert to Christianity
While Pope Francis has been hailed by millions for championing inclusivity, his papacy remains indelibly marked by the shadow of Chilean sexual abuse by Catholic clergy.
The cult leaders had told their followers that the world was going to end on December 31, 1999. However, when their prophecy did not come true, they decided to take matters into their own hands. The cult leaders announced the next day of the apocalypse to be March 17, 2000. They said that the apocalypse would come with "ceremony and finality".
The police took action based on a complaint by Meenakshi Sharma, a resident of Ayodhya Nagar. In her complaint, she accused Dr Vinay Sahu, Krishnakant Kurre, and Dhal Singh Sahu of converting people to Christianity.
Azamgarh Police halted a mass conversion event in Miria Redha, seizing objectionable materials and detaining a suspect accused of coercing Hindus into Christianity.
Radical Christians claimed IOC hurt religious sentiments by creating a caricature of 'The Last Supper' using drag queens, trans and queer characters and resorting to hyper-sexualisation.
The girl was distributing books titled, 'Pavitra Shashtra, Bhajan Sanhita, and Niti Vachan’, one of the teachers of the school revealed that it glorifies Jesus Christ and promotes Christianity.