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Church in India

Relief as nuns released after new Indian railway incident

Ten members of a religious congregation were briefly detained.

Luke Coppen
Apr 08, 2026
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An Indian bishop has expressed relief after 10 members of a religious congregation were released after being briefly detained at a railway station in response to an allegation of human trafficking.

Indore Junction railway station in Madhya Pradesh, India. Credit: vcvirus007/wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bishop Thomas Mathew said he was grateful that the inciden…

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