The Sagar Vani stated, “The priest became a Catholic as a teenager, and his father Ramesh Ahir and others in the family remain Hindu and live in a village near Ratona in the Sagar district.”
From the police station, the priest described his arrest as "extremely sad that the heritage and legacy of Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan, and Vinoba Bhave are being destroyed'.
Father Bolmax Pereira, an Indian Catholic priest, was given "anticipatory bail" for allegedly "hurting Hindu sentiments" during a Sunday Mass by making comments about a Hindu ruler.
