India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
New Delhi, Mar 25: Amid a political furore over two nuns being deboarded over suspicion of human trafficking on March 19, the Railways on Wednesday said that they were released after a probe found no basis made in a complaint against them.
The two nuns and two postulants were taken off an express train and detained for questioning by the railway police in Uttar Pradesh’s Jhansi on March 19.
The Kerala Catholic Bishops Council (KCBC) had expressed concern over the matter. “On March 19, we received a complaint on our helpline from a passenger of Utkal Express against two nuns travelling with two young girls in the same coach.
Later, a written complaint was also received. After the probe, we found that there was no case of human trafficking or anything else. They were released and sent back to destination,” a railways spokesperson said.
Detailing the sequence of events, an official…