India, July 29 -- A delegation of leaders from the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala visited the Durg Central Jail on Tuesday to meet two Catholic nuns arrested in connection with an alleged case of human trafficking and forced religious conversion.

The nuns-Preethi Merry and Vandana Francis- were taken into custody along with Sukaman Mandavi at Durg railway station on July 25, following a complaint lodged by a local Bajrang Dal functionary. The complaint alleged that they were forcibly converting and trafficking three girls from Narayanpur district.

The visiting delegation included Lok Sabha MPs Benny Behanan (Congress), N K Premachandran (Revolutionary Socialist Party), K Francis George (Kerala Congress-Joseph), and...