Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Sensation over ‘forceful’ conversion, FIR lodged

From a Correspondent
NAGAON, April 12: An alleged incident of forceful conversion of people from Islam to Christianity has been reported recently from Kasalukhuwa, Pani Gaon and Islam Patti areas of Nagaon town. According to reports, a section of pious believers of Islam were enticed to accept Christianity by a shrewd manner.

It has been alleged that one Noorjahan Begum (50), her sons Salim Ahmed, Rajiv Ahmed, Pinku Ahmed, Biju Ahmed and her son-in-law Rafik Ahmed of Chatribari, Guwahati had taken two groups of more than 30 Muslims from various villages of Nagaon to Guwahati on the pretext of training in Jamat. The Begum family lured the innocent ones by giving them sewing machines, BPL cards, Kalpataru schemes and saying that they had received orders to take the groups to Saudi Arab and America for training.

The groups were made to stay at the Louis Memorial Hostel Mission for the Christians at Panbazar, Guwahati where they were allegedly forced to accept Christianity.

The groups, however, raised a hue and cry when they were forcefully asked to accept the Holy Bible, the religious book of the Christians as a part of the conversion.

Among others, 11 persons somehow managed to escape from the hostel and later filed an FIR against Noorjahan and her family at the Nagaon district police station.

The accused are still absconding. Police investigation is on.

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