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Arrow shot by actor playing Ram hit the eye of the Dalit actor playing Ravan in Ramleela, the victim files FIR under SC/ST Act

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2026

Notably, the complaint in the incident was filed by the family of Sunil Kumar about three months after the incident.

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UP Police attach assets worth ₹28.5 crore belonging to Bhola Prasad Jaiswal, the main accused in the codeine cough syrup smuggling case

Shraddha Pandey - 23 January, 2026

Giving details of the attachment proceedings, Sonbhadra Superintendent of Police (SP) Abhishek Verma said that the Special Investigation Team found during its probe that Bhola Prasad was running an organised syndicate. Prasad had amassed assets worth about Rs 28.50 crore through the illegal business.

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Uttar Pradesh: Pastor and his wife attempt to lure and convert Hindus in Sonabhadra by offering them money, police arrest accused

OpIndia Staff - 4 December, 2025

The "healing and deliverance service" gatherings were organised by the pastor and his wife Rinki in an effort to convert people.

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Bail denied to Shoeb Akhtar, who beheaded his friend’s Hindu wife for not converting to Islam: The full details of the case and what...

OpIndia Staff - 12 July, 2024

As OpIndia reported back in 2020, accused Ajaj was unwilling to bring the Hindu victim to his home unless she converted to Islam. As the victim was reluctant to abandon her Hindu identity, Ajaj kept her in a rented room in the Obla area. Here, he was persistently pressuring the victim to convert to Islam.

Crime

UP: 9 arrested, 42 booked for running Christian conversion racket in Sonbhadra

OpIndia Staff - 2 December, 2023

Additional SP Kalu Singh said that the police have confiscated audio tapes, compact discs, 6 mobiles, 3 ATM cards, Aadhar cards, and propaganda material related to Christianity.

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