US Citizens Detained For Allegedly Preaching Christianity In Assam

Religious preaching is barred under visa rules and the US nationals were detained on February 2 at the Baptist Christian Hospital in Assam's Tezpur.

Two US nationals, John Matthew Bone and Michael James Flinchum, have been detained by the Assam Police for violating their visa conditions, police sources said.

Religious preaching is barred under visa rules and the men were detained on February 2 at the Baptist Christian Hospital in Tezpur. Action was taken after the locals filed a complaint, police sources added.

The men were fined $500 each, and the district police have forwarded the case filed at Kacharigaon police station to the police headquarters. It is likely that the US nationals will be deported, sources said.