By The Wire Staff
New Delhi: The Kerala police have registered a case after a group of right-wing people allegedly threatened a pastor over accusations of religious conversion.
The case was registered after the police took suo motu cognisance and initiated action on their own, without a formal complaint, reported Press Trust of India.
The incident comes days after the arrest and imprisonment of two Catholic nuns from Kerala in Chhattisgarh over allegations of religious conversion and human trafficking. The incident has resulted in a political storm in the southern state.
The police in Wayanad registered the case in the latest incident on Saturday (August 2) based on a video circulated on social media platforms in this regard. The incident is believed to have taken place a few months back.
In footage aired by local media, a group of people can be seen confronting the pastor and issuing threats of physical harm.
The FIR, registered by the Sultan Bathery police says that the accused had tried to threaten a person alleging religious conversion, videographed the incident, and circulated it on social media platforms with the intention of destroying the peaceful atmosphere existing in the society.
The FIR has been registered under various sections of the BNS including 192 (wantonly giving provocation with intent to cause riot), 351 (3) (criminal intimidation to cause death or grievous hurt) and 3 (5) (an offense committed by several people with a common intention).
The PTI report said that a probe is being conducted to identify the accused persons seen in the video, sources added.
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