Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday condemned the alleged harassment of a group of nuns by some Bajrang Dal members in UP’s Jhansi and urged the Centre to take action, saying such incidents tarnish the image of the nation.

Four nuns were heckled and forced off an express train by local Bajrang Dal members, and were later detained for questioning by the railway police in Jhansi on Tuesday night. The right-wing members had accused two of them of religious conversion. Police said there was no basis in their complaint and all four women later took the next train to their destination in Odisha.