UP: Six including four Brazil nationals held for luring local villagers to 'convert'

Reportedly, a similar FIR was filed in Bareilly for the "wrongful conversion" of an abandoned baby girl who was adopted by foreigners from a couple from Malta and an official of the orphanage

FP Staff|Dec 20, 2022, 12:44:15 IST

Sitapur: At least six people were arrested on Monday, four Brazilians and two Indians, for holding a religious event in Uttar Pradesh's Sitapur allegedly enticing locals to convert their religion, officials said on Tuesday.

As per the reports, UP Police is preparing to deport the Brazilians back to their home country.

"An FIR has been registered against two Indians, who, along with four Brazilian nationals, organised a programme in Shahbajpur village of Sitapur and allegedly lured villagers to convert religion," Sitapur Additional SP South told the media.

"We have requested that arrangements be made to return the Brazilians to their home country," he added.

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