Amit Shah has promised to take steps to release arrested nuns: MP
Amid a raging row in Kerala over the arrest of two nuns from the State in Chhattisgarh over allegations of human trafficking and forced conversion, a Congress-led United Democratic Front MP on Thursday claimed that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has promised that all possible steps would be taken to ensure their release.
All political parties in Kerala, including the BJP have thrown their weight behind the nuns, who have been detained in the saffron-party ruled Chhattisgarh.
UDF MP, N. K. Premachandran told reporters in New Delhi, after a delegation of MPs from Kerala met Mr. Shah over the issue, that the Minister has assured them of all legal steps by the Centre and the Chhattisgarh government to ensure the release of the two nuns.
He also said that Mr. Shah's remarks during the meeting indicated that he believed the nuns were innocent.
Mr. Premachandran said that it was 'unfortunate' that a sessions court in Durg, Chhattisgarh, shifted the nuns' case to a National Investigation Agency (NIA) court which deals with terror-related matters.
'It was done without hearing any of the sides. There was actually no need to do that,' he said.
The MP said that Mr. Shah, during the meeting, also assured them that the Chhattisgarh government will move a plea in the NIA court to shift the case from there.
Mr. Shah informed them that directions have been issued to the State government not to oppose the bail plea of the nuns, he added.
'Therefore, we are 99% hopeful that the nuns will get bail today itself. The Central government and the Home Minister have taken a favourable stand in the matter,' Mr. Premachandran added.
Nuns Preeti Mary and Vandana Francis along with Sukaman Mandavi were arrested at the Durg railway station on July 25 following a complaint by a local Bajrang Dal functionary who accused them of forcibly converting three girls from Narayanpur and trafficking them.
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