A newly professed nun, who was jailed along with four others for alleged con-version charges, were on June 13 granted bail by a court in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
Sister Vibha Kerketta was arrested June 6 and jailed the next day along with her mother and three others after her family organized a Mass in their home to thank God for her profession in the Daughters of St Anne, a Ranchi-based congregation.
The family lived at Schoolpara lane of Balachhapar village in Jashpur district, Chhattisgarh.
A group of Hindu fundamentalists, who barged into the house, accused her mother and others for conducting a healing session and insulting other religions.
A magistrate sent the nun and the other four to jail and set the bail hearing for June 13. The Sessions Court of Jashpur accepted their bail application on furnishing 15,000 rupees by each of them, Jesuit Father Fulgence Lakra, a lawyer, told Matters India.
They were released in the evening and Sister Lily Grace Topno, superior general of the congregation, thanked God as well as the Church authorities and their well wishers for the good news.
Sister Kerketta had taken her first vows on December 8, 2022, and went home after six months. Her family organized the Mass to follow a local tradition to welcome a new priest or nun with a religious function. Some 60 people had attended Sister Kerketta’s function that started at 6 pm.