Bajrang Dal, VHP workers storm Easter event in Ahmedabad, FIR filed
Hindutva groups Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal on Sunday stormed a prayer meeting being conducted on the Christian festival of Easter at a private hall in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad district after claiming that religious conversions were taking place inside, The Indian Express reported.
Following the incident, the Ahmedabad Police said on X that a first information report had been registered against 10 persons, and that an investigation was also being conducted. However, it was not immediately clear who the FIRs were filed against.
The action was taken after a video of the incident was circulated widely on social, which showed the workers from the two Hindutva groups wielding sticks, and shouting “Jai Shri Ram” and “Har Har Mahadev” inside the hall.
Inspector PN Zinzuvadia told The Indian Express that the incident took place on Sunday morning in the Odhav area in the district when around 100 Christians were attending an Easter event inside the hall.
The police were called soon after the Bajrang Dal and Vishva Hindu Parishad workers barged into the hall, Zinzuvadia said, adding that representatives from both sides were subsequently taken to the station.
The workers alleged that religious conversions were taking place at the...
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