Narayanpur Church Case: BJP Constituted Fact Finding Team Detained

RAIPUR: The team constituted BJP to probe the church vandalism in Narayanpur on Tuesday afternoon was stopped protestors in Benur. The team then staged a Dharna demanding to meet the accused Rupsai Salam. In the advent of the tense situation in Narayanpur, the police immediately arrived on the spot to take charge of the situation. The team members identified as MLA Nankiram Kanwar, MLA Shivram Sharma, Kanker MP Mohan Mandavi, Rajnandangaon MP Santosh Pandey, BJP state general secretary, and former Miner Kedar Kashyap and former Miner Mahesh Gagda were taken into custody and released late night, officials said.
A curfew-like situation prevailed in Narayanpur. A team of five drict forces led Bastar IG Sundarraj has been deployed across the city to keep a tab on the protests. So far, there is no confirmation on the imposition of Section 144, however, large gatherings have been banned.
Over so months now, there have been disputes between tribals and Chrian missionaries over forced conversion into Chrianity. On January 2nd, protests broke out in Gorra village of Edka Panchayat, where protestors barged into Vishwa Dipti school premises and vandalized a church. Several officers deployed to control the protestors including a senior police officer were injured. On Tuesday, the police arrested five including a BJP leader, are now under judicial custody for questioning into the incident.
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