Raipur, Aug. 3 -- A court in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur district on Saturday granted bail to three people, including two Catholic nuns from Kerala, who were arrested on charges of human trafficking and forced conversions. Following the court's order, the two nuns, identified as Preethy Mary and Vandana Francis, were released from the Durg Central Jail. They were received outside the jail by political leaders from Kerala, including CPI MP Sandosh Kumar and BJP state unit chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The court of principal district and sessions judge (NIA court) Sirajuddin Qureshi granted bail to the nuns along with co-accused Sukaman Mandavi on the condition that they surrender their passports and not leave the country. The order comes a day after the court reserved the verdict on Friday after hearing the accused's bail pleas. Lawyer Amrito Das, representing the accused, said, "The court granted bail on the condition that each accused furnish a bond of Rs.50,000 with two sureties, cooperate in the investigation, surrender their passports, and not travel abroad. While there were additional conditions, the final detailed order was still awaited." The three accused were arrested by Government Railway Police (GRP) at Durg railway station on July 25 following a complaint filed by a local Bajrang Dal member. According to the complaint, the suspects were allegedly involved in forcibly converting three women from Narayanpur district and trafficking them. The incident sparked a major political controversy, with political leaders from Kerala condemning the action and alleging religious targeting. Following their arrest, Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking his intervention in ensuring justice to the two nuns. A delegation from the Kerala unit of the All India Congress Committee (AICC), comprising MPs Hibi Eden and Kodikunnil Suresh, visited Chhattisgarh on Friday to meet the arrested nuns. The delegation alleged that the transfer of the case to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) court was a deliberate ploy to delay the bail process. "There is a conspiracy behind shifting the case to the NIA court. It's intended to prolong the legal process and keep the nuns behind bars," said Suresh, while Eden questioned the legality of the continued detention, calling the arrests "unlawful and unjust". Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai, on Saturday, dismissed the criticism, stating, "It was a legal procedure and bail has been granted in it."...