New Delhi, July 30 -- The Congress on Wednesday staged a protest against the arrest of two Kerala nuns in Chhattisgarh, at Parliament's Makar Dwar, and demanded their release. The party leaders have alleged that the nuns were ill-treated by authorities, falsely accused.

The nuns were arrested on charges of human trafficking and religious conversion on July 25 in Chhattisgarh's Durg Railway station.

Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi also joined the protest in which MPs held placards stating "release the nuns, arrest the goons"

"Some nuns from Kerala were very badly ill-treated, they were accused of things they were not doing, manhandled and taken away by police in Chhattisgarh. Two-three ladies, along with a bunch of ladies should not be manha...