The Gumla district administration today ordered a probe to ascertain the truth behind a newspaper report claiming that several families of a primitive tribal community are changing their religious belief.
"The Bishunpur Block Development Officer has been asked to verify it and submit a report," Gumla Deputy Commissioner Dinesh Chandra Mishra said.
The Bishunpur BDO, Ravindra Kumar Gupta, was also asked to check whether the people were getting benefits under government's welfare schemes, Mishra said.
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The probe was ordered in the wake of publication of a report in a Hindi daily that several families of the primitive 'Asur' tribal community had embraced Christianity.
"Conversions had happened several years ago. I will visit the place and submit a report," the BDO said.
