Bishop Peter Baldev ,16 Others Booked For Selling Church Properties

PRAYAGRAJ: A case of forgery has been registered against Church of North India (CNI) Bishop Peter Baldev and 16 others for allegedly selling church property worth Rs 10,000 crore in a case that could prove to be one of the biggest church scams in the country. The case has been registered at Civil Lines police station here in Uttar Pradesh. The accused have been charged with using fake documents to transfer properties belonging to Indian Church Trustees. The complaint has been filed by Bishop John Augustine of the Lucknow Diocese of Church of India, Pakistan, Burma and Ceylon (CIPBC). The complainant has said that in 1970, some Bishops of Church of India had constituted Church of North India Trust Association. (IANS)

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