Bareilly (UP), Dec 26 (PTI) A pastor was arrested in the neighbouring Rampur district for allegedly inciting some people belonging to a Scheduled Caste to convert to Christianity, police said on Monday.
Pastor Paulus Masih was arrested late Sunday night based on a complaint that he was allegedly trying to lure people of Sohna village under the Patwai police station limits to convert on the occasion of Christmas, they said.
A case has been registered under sections 3 and 5(1) of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021, police officials said.
