Christian Missionaries Arrested for Inciting Violence in Orissa
October 28, 2004, 10:43 am
India News, Bhubaneswar
Five Christian missionaries have been arrested in Orissa on a complaint by a group of Hindus that the former were inciting violence among tribes people, police said Sunday.
The Mumbai-based Catholic missionary Karl Silva and his associates were arrested Friday and have been remanded in judicial custody till Nov 4.
Orissa has been a trouble spot for some time now with Hindu organisations accusing missionaries working among tribes people of attempting to convert them to Christianity.
India News, Bhubaneswar
Five Christian missionaries have been arrested in Orissa on a complaint by a group of Hindus that the former were inciting violence among tribes people, police said Sunday.
The Mumbai-based Catholic missionary Karl Silva and his associates were arrested Friday and have been remanded in judicial custody till Nov 4.
Orissa has been a trouble spot for some time now with Hindu organisations accusing missionaries working among tribes people of attempting to convert them to Christianity.
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