India, July 29 -- Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Monday questioned the arrest of two Kerala nuns in Chhattisgarh on charges of trafficking and religious conversion, alleging that innocent people were being jailed while the real culprits were being let off.

"It seems to me that mob rule is going on, where innocent people are being thrown in jail for no fault of theirs. They should be released without any delay, and they (government) should arrest the goons and not the nuns," he said.Two nuns, Preethi Merry and Vandana Francis, along with a third person, Sukaman Mandavi, were arrested from Durg railway station on July 25 after a local Bajrang Dal functionary filed a complaint accusing them of trafficking and forcibly converting three girls ...