Thiruvananthapuram, July 30 -- Major Archbishop of Thiruvananthapuram, Cardinal Baselios Cleemis, on Wednesday denied the charge of forced conversion against the Kerala nuns who were arrested at the Durg railway station in Chhattisgarh on July 25. He said that the alleged victims were already Christians and hence there was no question of conversion.

Kerala Minister V Sivankutty visited Archbishop Cleemis and assured him of all help from the State government.

"The Minister for Education of Kerala met us and assured that everything will be done to protect the sisters who have been arrested... As the situation takes a new step ahead, the bail is rejected, and we do not know what motivates these people to act in such a way," Cleemis told re...