Jhabua nuns rape case

The Jhabua nuns rape case is a case of alleged rape of four nuns in the Jhabua district in Madhya Pradesh in India in 1998 by a group of 24 tribals.

A Jhabua court issued a warrant against Digvijay Singh then state chief minister and 14 others for alleged remarks on the 1998 Jhabua nuns rape case accusing Hindu organisations of being involved in the incident, following a civil defamation suit filed by a local lawyer.^[1] A Bhopal court cancelled the warrant after Digvijay appeared and furnished a surety bond for Rs. 5,000.^[2][3] Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Uma Bharathi later commented on some people's attempts to give a communal color to the incident, saying it was ironic that 12 of those who raped the Christian nuns were themselves tribal Christians.^[4]

At that time the incident had caused a lot of outrage with many prominent Christians and human rights activists appealing to UK for sanctions against India. Many Hindu organisations were blamed without proof and the whole country was maligned. The incident captured much front space on newspapers. Later on rapists were found to be Christians themselves and tribals (whom Indian Christians don't consider as Hindus); this news was not covered so prominently as now Hindu organisations could not be blamed and was found in inside pages of very few newspapers.

Such malicious anti-Hindu, anti-govt was launched again post Modi government taking over as part of well planned move. In New Delhi a few incidents of stone throwing or thefts in church were blamed on Hindu organisations. Data for same period showed many times more such attacks on temples in Delhi.

This case finds a mention in Arun Shourie's book Harvesting our Souls, where the author claims that it is a false allegation to malign Hindus.

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