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Meerut: Scores of Bajrang Dal activists on Monday attacked and thrashed a Christian pastor inside court premises in Sardhana town alleging that he was about to convert 11 Hindus. However, facing protest from notaries, the policemen let off the lawyer.But the pastor was booked and sent to jail.“Around 11 individuals wished to convert to Christianity, and Dipender Prakash had come to Sardhana to get their affidavits notarized when Bajrang Dal activists caught him. As the local Bajrang Dal activists got a whiff about it, they rushed to the court in hoards and attacked Prakash.Later, police arrived at the scene and took the pastor and a lawyer, who was assisting him, to police station. Surprisingly, local police booked the injured pastor under section 151 of CRPC (Arrest to prevent the commission of cognizable offence) and dispatched him to jail.Police claimed that the pastor, Dipender Prakash, a resident of Muzaffarnagar’s Khatauli area, had come to the local court with affidavit of 11 people who wanted to convert to Christianity. He wanted to get the affidavits attested by notary..