A state court in central Indian Chhattisgarh state has issued a pre-arrest bail to a Catholic nun after police began investigating a complaint that the nun attempted to convert a Hindu student at her nursing college. The move of the Bilaspur High Court, the highest court in the state, saves Sister Bincy Joseph from immediate arrest. The nun is the principal of Holy Cross Nursing College, located in Kunkuri town in the predominantly tribal Jashpur district. “We are relieved and happy,” said Abhinandan Xalxo, president of the Jashpur Catholic Sabha (church), who has been assisting the nun in the case. Xalxo told on April 25 that the court granted anticipatory bail to Joseph on April 24. Police are investigating an April 6 complaint of a student that the nun “attempted to forcibly convert” her. The complaint was sent to the district collector, the top civil official in a district, and the Superintendent of Police, the district’s top police official.
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