Padres cure diseases in exchange for conversion [Uttar Pradesh, India]

[Reported as seen]

In Uttar Pradesh, the police arrested 3 Christian priests after a complaint alleging that the 3 Christian padres were fueling superstition to undergo religious conversions. The police reached the spot and arrested the evangelists. Those arrested by the Mau police were identified as Kapil Dev Ram, Ajay Kumar, and Omprakash. The three Christian preachers were reportedly engaged in illegal Christian conversion in Darora village in the area. They were run by Christian Missionaries under Hindu names.

The missionaries involved in the religious conversion used to meet at the house of Kapil Dev Ram located in the same village. The priests used to organize a program for religious conversion on Tuesdays.

About 20 people were planned to be baptized into Christianity. The process of religious conversion began in the afternoon. It was reported on time and the police reached the spot and arrested the three evangelists. A religious book, mustard oil, and water kept in a vessel were recovered from them.

The people who came to attend the ceremony informed the police that they had brought their ailing family members to get rid of their diseases. According to them, the Christian padres had affirmed that after their religious conversion and consumption of the holy water, they would be relieved of their diseases.

It has sparked a debate over the actions of Christian missionaries across the country have been on the rise over time.