Drug, July 30 -- Senior Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Brinda Karat on Wednesday visited the Durg Central Jail in Chhattisgarh, where two Kerala-based nuns are currently lodged following their arrest on charges of trafficking and forced religious conversion.

Karat, who was joined by CPI leaders Annie Raja and other members of a party delegation, met the nuns and later condemned the arrests as unjust, calling them part of a "targeted attack" on the Christian community in the state.

Two Kerala-based nuns were arrested at Durg Railway station in Chhattisgarh on July 25 over charges of human trafficking and religious conversion

Speaking to ANI, Karat said, "Two nuns who have been serving the poor here for years were jailed today...