三人因涉嫌非法皈依而在马哈拉施特拉邦被捕;一人是美国国民。 Three arrested in Maharashtra over alleged illegal conversions; one is a U.S. national.

马哈拉施特拉省的Thane农村警察于2025年10月8日在Bhiwandi逮捕了三人,包括一名美国国民,罪名是非法改变宗教信仰和禁止宗教活动。 Thane Rural Police in Maharashtra arrested three people, including a U.S. national, in Bhiwandi on October 8, 2025, over alleged illegal religious conversions and banned religious activities. 被告Sainath Sarape、James Watson和Manoj Kolha根据《Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita法》和《外国国民法》受到指控,警方指控他们通过宗教集会误导村民。 The accused—Sainath Sarape, James Watson, and Manoj Kolha—were charged under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Foreign Nationals Act, with police alleging they misled villagers through religious gatherings. 该外国国民被送往司法拘留。 The foreign national was sent to judicial custody. 另外,国家人权委员会成员Priyank Kanoongo对据称在中央邦政府资助的伊斯兰学校注册的印度教儿童表示关切,据报道,他们在那里教伊斯兰教,敦促所有儿童在学校接受正规教育。 Separately, NHRC member Priyank Kanoongo raised concerns about Hindu children allegedly enrolled in government-funded madrasas in Madhya Pradesh, where they are reportedly taught Islamic studies, urging all children to receive formal education in schools.