Overview

• The Chhattisgarh State Women’s Commission wrote to DGP Arun Dev Gautam on October 9 directing registration of three separate FIRs and submission of a report within 15 days.
• Three tribal women from Narayanpur allege Bajrang Dal members Jyoti Sharma, Ravi Nigam and Ratan Yadav assaulted and molested them and used caste-based slurs at Durg railway station on July 25.
• The panel flagged that only limited CCTV footage from the station was provided and noted confusion over whether the GRP station falls under the Divisional Railway Manager or the state police.
• Two Kerala nuns, Preethi Mary and Vandana Francis, and a tribal man, Sukhman Mandavi, were arrested that day on forcible conversion and trafficking charges and were granted bail on August 2.
• One complainant later alleged she was coerced to give a false statement, a claim denied by Bajrang Dal, while the women say the incident cost them a job opportunity.