Christian nurse accused of wanting to convert her patients

In Madhya Pradeshin India, a Christian nurse is accused of attempting to convert her patients and is under investigation. According to the president of the World Council of Indian Christians, the accusations are "false and cleverly constructed". He talks about it InfoChretienne.com.

Le anti-conversion laws continue to be felt in India. As the pandemic rages in the country and on Monday the threshold of 300 thousand deaths was crossed, a nurse who works with patients suffering from Covid-19 in the Ratlam district was accused of conducting a conversion campaign among her patients.

Madhya Pradesh is one of the states governed by the BJP, a Hindu nationalist party. Asia News reported that it was the deputy Rameshwar Sharma to post a video that he claimed to be evidence of a conversion campaign.

In the video, media reports that the person filming angrily asks the nurse: “Why do you ask people to pray for Jesus Christ? Who sent you here? Which hospital are you from? Why do you tell people that they will heal by praying to Jesus Christ? ”.

BS Thakur, local superintendent of the district of Ratlam, said he had received complaints about the behavior of the Christian nurse whom he allegedly evangelized during a public health campaign called "Kill Coronavirus". Following the complaints, the nurse was taken to the police station where she was interrogated at length and risked losing her job.

Sajan K George, president of the World Council of Indian Christians (Gcic), these are "cleverly constructed false accusations against a person who puts his own life in danger for that of others".

The president of the Gcic told ad Asia News that the nurse was on duty going house to house in the Ratlam district, where there is an outbreak of Covid-19 cases with a high number of deaths from the epidemic.

“Right-wing sectarian forces are using the provisions of the Madhya Pradesh Religious Freedom Act 2021 to make false conversion claims. This law is used as a tool to terrorize the Christian community ", denounced Sajan K George, who deplores the attack on a" young nurse "who was simply doing her job" at her own risk "," taking care and helping the district and the state in this second wave of pandemic ”.