53 - رسالة مؤرخة 11 نيسان/أبريل 2003، أحال المقرر الخاص إلى الحكومة الهندية معلومات مفادها أن الشرطة قد حالت في 6 كانون الأول/ديسمبر 2002 دون اعتناق عشرات الآلاف من المنبوذين (داليت) البوذية والمسيحية جماعيا في مدينة شنّاي.
By letter dated 11 April 2003, the Special Rapporteur informed the Government of India that on 6 December 2002 the police had reportedly prevented the mass conversion to Buddhism and to Christianity of about 10,000 untouchables (Dalits) in the town of Chennai; it was alleged that all roads leading to the town had been blocked and that the police had stopped 60 trucks in which the Dalits were travelling.