 BHOPAL: Police arrested two women in central India on Easter Sunday for allegedly violating state laws on the preaching of Christianity, police said. "The women were distributing pamphlets telling people how they may overcome their problems by following the Bible," said D Srinivas Rao, police chief of Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh state.
| Oh, horrors! Everybody knows the only way to overcome your problems is to give some money to a Brahmin for some genuine Ganges water. |
"Several other objectionable pamphlets have also been seized from their possession."
| What was that part about India being a secular state? |
The official said that under a state law anyone planning to preach religion must get permission first from authorities. "The offenders had not sought any permission," Rao said.
| Silly them. They probably thought they had freedom of speech or something... |
The arrests are the latest in a series of similar moves by police in the state, where the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been in power for more than two years. |