Overview
- Kathua police registered FIR 198/2025 under BNS sections 299 and 351(2) alleging outraging religious feelings and criminal intimidation by a group of Christian missionaries.
- Officers said residents accused the missionaries of offering money, aid and promises of jobs and good health, and of distributing objectionable material targeting another faith.
- A separate FIR was lodged against unidentified persons after a written complaint by locals alleging attempted religious conversion, with no arrests reported in that case.
- Earlier, a video showing an attack on missionaries in Juthana led to the suspension of eight policemen and the arrest of one accused in the assault case.
- SSP Mohita Sharma ordered the investigation, and police say inquiries are ongoing as VHP and Bajrang Dal staged protests demanding strict action.