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Modi 'Concerned' Over Attacks on Christians, Seeks Report on Nun Gangrape

The PMO has asked for immediate report on facts and action taken regarding the incidents in Haryana and West Bengal.

Published: 17th March 2015 09:56 AM  |   Last Updated: 17th March 2015 10:22 AM   |  A+A A-

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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed deep concern over the gangrape of an elderly nun in West Bengal and the vandalisation of a church in Haryana as he sought immediate reports on these incidents.

"PM is deeply concerned about the incidents in Hisar, Haryana and Nadia, West Bengal," the PMO tweeted.

"PMO has asked for immediate report on facts & action taken regarding the incidents in Haryana & West Bengal," it said in another tweet.

A 71-year-old nun was allegedly gangraped by dacoits at Gangnapur in Nadia district in the early hours on Saturday after which a CID probe was ordered into the incident.

In another incident, an under-construction church in Kaimri village near Hisar, Haryana, was vandalised by a group and the cross replaced with an idol of Hanuman, triggering tension in the area in Haryana.

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