Thiruvalla(Ker): Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday wrote to Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging him to take action against Bajrang Dal members and police officers of Jhansi who allegedly harassed four nuns while they were travelling, by train from New Delhi to Rourkela in Odisha.
The Chief Minister said that the nuns were forcefully removed from the train by the Jhansi police without the presence of women police officials and despite nuns showing the Mahar ID cards, police did not accept those cards stating that they are fake and kept them at the police station till late night.
"Dear Amit Shah, I would like to bring to your kind attention the reported shocking incident of four nuns including two postulants subjected to harassment by Bajrang Dal members and the police at Jhansi, while they were travelling, by train from New Delhi to Rourkela in Odisha," the letter read.
Vijayan said the two postulants who had recently joined the Sacred Hearts Congregation of the Delhi Province were travelling for the first time to their homes accompanied by two nuns were harassed and intimidated by around 150 Bajrang Dal activists.