A First Information Report (FIR) has been lodged against the operator of Karuna Nav Jeevan Rehabilitation Center Society, which is run by Christian missionaries in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur, over allegations of forced religious conversion.
A case has been registered under sections 41 and 42 of Madhya Pradesh Religious Freedom Act and Juvenile Justice Act 2015 by District Child Protection Officer ML Mehra, police officials said on Tuesday, 14 December.
The case was filed after a team of National Commission for Protection of Child Rights had led a surprise inspection in various children’s shelter homes in Jabalpur city in November.
The team found that girls who reside at the shelter were reciting Christian prayers and reading the Bible on a daily basis. Further the team objected to the girls being taught only in relation to one religion, and not being given knowledge of their 'biological' religion.
Barela Police Station in-charge Jitendra Yadav said that a written complaint has been made that the institution was investigated by the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights on 18 November, in which children below 18 years of age were kept together, regardless of gender.
Along with this, Bible education was also being given, he said, adding that a probe has been initiated into the matter.
The investigation is being done conducted under the Additional Superintendent of Police, City North Sanjay Kumar Agrawal.
Meanwhile, in another similar incident, a children's home run by the Missionaries of Charity was on Sunday booked over allegations of forcibly converting the young residents of the institute to Christianity.
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