“OpIndia Exclusive: Canadian citizen caught trying to convert tribals in Odisha’s Jagatsinghpur, missionaries clash with VHP and Bajrang Dal activists”, Opindia, June 27, 2023:
“On June 24, the Odisha Police filed an FIR against a Canadian citizen identified as Eapen Mohan Kidangalil for luring the poor tribal children under the pretext of ‘Prarthana Sabha’ and attempting to convert them to Christianity. According to the Kalinga Rights Forum, the accused person was on a tourist visa and had organized a ‘Prarthana Sabha’ on June 22.
The Vishwa Hindu Parishad members came to know about the event and caught the accused after which the police filed an FIR in the case.
As per the FIR copy obtained by OpIndia, the accused person has been booked under section 4 of the Odisha Freedom of Religion Act, 1967. The incident came to the fore after one of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad members learned that some people were being converted at the Katesingpur village in the Jagatsingpur region. They rushed to the spot and saw that the accused was trying to convince the local people including 11 minors to convert to Christianity…..”
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