The boy’s father had reportedly performed a second marriage with a Muslim woman after the death of his first Hindu wife and the boy’s mother. The boy alleged that his father was killed by his step-mother for property.
Several Muslim men have married multiple tribal women in Saitangartoli. They make their wives contest the village panchayat elections, which is now a reserved tribal seat.
An FIR has been registered under Section 299 of the Bharatiya Nayay Sanhita (BNS) and Section 4 of the Chhattisgarh Religious Freedom Act in Raipur against three individuals including a pastor. In Balrampur, four individuals were arrested.
The two women have been booked under Section 4 of the Odisha Freedom of Religion Act, 1967, and sections of the BNS, including Section 299, 3(5) and 351(2).
A 52-year-old man identified as Basavaraj Narasappa was brutally murdered by his wife and three children for allegedly refusing to convert to Christianity and questioning non-adherence of Hindu rituals at home.