Hyderabad: Foreigner banned from preaching'

Hyderabad: A foreign national from Zimbabwe who was supposed to attend and preach about ‘religious healing’ at different venues in Hyderabad was booked by the Begumpet police as he was violating a provision that is listed wherein foreigners cannot hold religious events and evangelical meetings.

Speaking to DC, A.S. Santosh, the president of the Legal Rights Protection Forum who lodged a complaint also alleged that the foreigner, Pardington Israel had also insulted the national flag in his advertisement pamphlets. The police cancelled Israel’s programmes and began an investigation.