Alleged attackers, missionaries held
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From Times Wire Reports
Police in western India arrested two Christian missionaries, who allegedly forced conversions, and 11 Hindu hard-liners accused of attacking them this week, officials said.
The two missionaries were charged with “unlawful religious conversions” after a complaint filed by two Hindu residents of Ichalkaranji, 140 miles south of Mumbai, police said.
The missionaries told police they were attacked by Hindu extremists, and TV footage showed them being kicked and punched. Police charged 11 people with rioting and causing bodily harm.
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