UP nun attack reports baseless: Goyal
The Hindu
‘Following a complaint, police verified credentials and let off passengers’
Union Minister Piyush Goyal has said that the Kerala Chief Minister has lied about the recent alleged attack on a few nuns in Uttar Pradesh who were travelling on a train. Speaking to media persons here on Monday, Mr. Goyal said the allegations about the attack on nuns were found to be baseless. When a complaint came up, the UP Police inquired about it. The passengers were let off after verifying their credentials and the complaints were found to be baseless, he said, when pointed out that there were reports that the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists attacked the nuns. The alleged incident in which two nuns belonging to a Kerala-based congregation took place on March 19.More Related News