Missionaries booked for conversion: Cops

8216;8216;We will not allow it to happen. Instead of coming to the help of quake victims, they are making relief a bait for conversion.8217;8217;

The police said a group of missionaries from the Kashmir chapter of the Bible Society of India had been visiting Madian village in Uri sector. 8216;8216;On January 25, they had distributed gas cylinders, three water bottles, audio cassettes and a copy of the New Testament in Urdu besides other material to each of the 230 families of the village,8217;8217; Deputy Inspector General of Police, Baramulla-Kupwara, Mohammad Subhan Lone said.

Lone said the police had ordered a probe after the locals protested against the missionaries. 8216;8216;This could turn into a law and order problem. We have filed a case and are investigating the matter,8217;8217; he said.

It is learnt that Lone has submitted a report about the missionaries8217; activities in quake-hit areas. The Police said their probe has revealed that the group operates from Nishat, Srinagar, and that a local resident Mukhtar8212;who runs an educational institution8212;had been acting as their guide in the area.8217;8217;