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Supreme Court asks Attorney General to assist in religious conversions case

A bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar slammed the Tamil Nadu government for their opposition to a new plea asking for an investigation by NIA

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BS Reporter New Delhi
The Supreme Court on Monday asked for the assistance of Attorney General for India R Venkataramani on a plea against alleged forceful and deceitful religious conversions in the country.

A bench of Justices MR Shah and CT Ravikumar slammed the Tamil Nadu government for their opposition to a new plea asking for an investigation by the National Investigation of India (NIA) into the death of a student in Thanjavur.

The Tamil Nadu government said this new plea was baseless and should not be entertained. "This is a politically motivated PIL. There is no question of such conversions in Tamil Nadu.