KATMANDU, NEPAL, May 1, 2005: Forcible conversions to Christianity, Islam and any other non-Hindu religion is a punishable offence in Nepal, the only Hindu kingdom in the world. Babu Verghese, an Indian citizen, and his wife Savitri were running a school for orphans in Birgunj city in southern Nepal. The district administrative authorities received complaints that the couple had been converting their students, the state-run Rising Nepal daily reported. Nearly 80 orphans were said to be studying at the Grace English Boarding School and most had been converted, the daily said. The Vergheses have been arrested while police are investigating the complaints, it said,
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