Hyderabad, Jan. 28 -- A Christian couple were allegedly beaten up by a Hindutva mob who accused them of forceful conversion in Karnataka's Bijapur district. They also ran a campaign against the couple on various social media platforms.

The victims- Vijayalakshmi and her husband Ashok Chavan - registered a complaint against the assailants under Sections 143 (unlawful assembly), 147 (guilty of rioting), 509 (intentionally tried to insult a woman's modesty using offensive words, gestures and actions), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (punishment for insulting someone intentionally to provoke them), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation), and 149 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

"I have the right to practice Christianity as per the co...