Tension in Hubballi over religious conversion, complaint against 15 including pastors
Hubballi, Nov 16: Tension prevailed in a locality here over alleged religious conversion and a man lodged a complaint against 15 people including a few pastors and a history-sheeter, police said.
An FIR has not been registered by the police.
A large number of people from the Shikkaligar community along with members of pro-Hindu outfits gathered at the Old Hubballi police station on Tuesday night demanding action against Christian missionaries who were allegedly involved in converting people.
According to police, the incident came to light following a quarrel between a couple. The husband alleged that his wife is forcing him to convert to Christianity and refusing to live with him.
When he couldn't handle the pressure from his wife, he had brought the matter to the notice of community leaders, they said.
The members of Shikkaligar community held a protest at the police station demanding conversion bids to be stopped.
Complainant Sampath told reporters that the pastors had come to his in-laws' house and asked them to attend prayers. He also charged that the missionaries have been targeting his community to convert them into Christians.
Some other community members alleged that the missionaries are taking the help of a local history-sheeter to force people to leave Hinduism and get converted to Christianity.
A Hindu outfit leader, who joined the protest, said the Shikkaligars are a marginalised and economically weak community.
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Simran Singh, radio jockey with 7 lakh followers on Instagram, dies by suicide in Gurugram
Gurugram, Dec 26: Simran Singh, a popular freelance radio jockey from Jammu and Kashmir with nearly seven lakh followers on Instagram, allegedly committed suicide in her rented house in Sector 47 here, police said on Thursday.
Her body was found hanging in her room on Wednesday night, they said, adding no suicide note was found from the spot.
The Instagram profile of Simran, known by her fans as "Jammu Ki Dhadkan", shows she last posted a reel on December 13, police said.
According to police, Simran who had 6,82,000 followers on Instagram lived on rent with other friends in house number 58 of Sector 47 here for the last several months.
Sunil Kumar, SHO of Sadar police station, said that they got information at around 9:30pm on Wednesday by a Simran's friend who was staying in the same house.
A police team reached the spot and found the Simran's room locked from inside. The team broke open the door of the room and found her hanging, the SHO said.
Her family members, who reached here after being informed about the incident, said that she was upset for some time, he said.
"We handed over the body to the family members after the postmortem today. A probe is underway," the SHO added.
