Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): According to a report, a complaint has been made against the rape victims in Nadia village alleging that they were involved in forcible conversions of local Hindus. An observer from the National Commission for Minorities investigating the incident believe that believes that the administration allowed the forcible conversion complaint to be filed in order to protect the alleged rapists. Though the women have named their attackers, no arrests have been made.

Earlier, the head of twelve villages, including Nadia demanded that all Christians renounce their faith in Christ or leave the area. Furthermore, Pandya Patel declared that anyone who speaks to the police about him or about the rapes, regardless of their religion, will be expelled from the area.

Attempts to silence reports about the rapes expanded into offical circles as well. On June 5, Indira Iyengar, a member of the MP State Minorities Commission, brought the rape victims to the state capital to meet the governor.

A press conference was also called to highlight the incident, but members of the militant organization Bajrang Dal disrupted the press conference and warned Iyengat not to accuse them of attacking Christians.

The incident occurred on May 28 as Gokharya Barela was beaten by local villagers and then taken to the nearby village of Sirvil, where the village court demanded that he forsake his faith. When he refused to do so, the village head ordered that Barela be forced to drink wine. He then told the villagers that they were free to rape Christian women without fear of repercussions.

That evening, Barela's wife and another Christian woman were raped by several of the villagers. When Barela and others attempted to intervene, they were beaten. The following morning, local leaders of BJP filed charges against missionaries from neighbouring Maharas-htra state for carrying out  "mass conversions to Christianity ". While no missionary was named, the BJP leaders mentioned the Christians attacked the previous day.

When the Christians went to the Bhagwanpura police station to report on what happened to them, they were arrested and jailed for a day.

At a press conference, one of the rape victims said,  "Police say that our complaint is fake. They don"t listen to us. We have nowhere to go ". The women were able to name their alleged rapists but at last report, none have been arrested.

This brutal attack is widely seen as punishment by Hindu militants for converting from Hinduism to Christianity.