Shahjahanpur,

26 July (HS): Three persons, including a man from Tamil Nadu, were detained on

Saturday for allegedly sponsoring a religious conversion ring linked to a

Christian missionary group, with authorities assuming they possibly got

financial aid from foreign sources. Police claimed the arrests came after

confirmation of financial help from numerous trusts. Superintendent of Police

SP Rajesh Dwivedi stated that an inquiry into a case involving a local lady,

Kiran Joshua 37, was begun following a complaint from a Hindu organization.

People suffering from infertility, financial difficulty, and domestic strife

supposedly went to Kiran for prayers, believing she held healing abilities.

Her

fame has increased tremendously, drawing enormous audiences, particularly on

Sundays, he claimed. The officer said

that after winning the people's trust by healing their diseases, they were

subjected to'mind washing' and persuaded to convert to Christianity. Dwivedi stated that police discovered prayer

materials, Bibles, and other literature from Kiran's home, and that she, along

with four others, were detained and imprisoned on July 13. Police reported that

the magistrate court granted them bail. However, subsequent research led

authorities to other members of the suspected conversion ring who assist Kiran

financially through charity. Padma

Nabhan (45) of Tamil Nadu, Kiran of Lakhimpur Kheri, and Ashneet Kumar (25), of

Shahjahanpur, were detained on Saturday, according to the officer.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi