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Five days after two Catholic nuns walked free from Durg Central Jail, political pressure is mounting for the closure of what critics describe as a fabricated case built on religious prejudice and communal targeting.

Sisters Vandana Francis and Preeti Mary of the Assisi Sisters of Mary Immaculate, along with Sukhman Mandavi from Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district, were released last Saturday after a National Investigation Agency court granted them bail, ending nine days of custody that had sparked nationwide protests and exposed deep political divisions over religious freedom in India.

The two Catholic nuns from Kerala and the tribal man were arrested at Durg Railway Station on July 25 following allegations by Bajrang Dal activists that they were trafficking three tribal women

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