Chhattisgarh: 3 arrested over religious conversion row in Durg
1 month ago

Chhattisgarh: 3 arrested over religious conversion row in Durg

Op India  

On 16th February, a major row erupted in the Amleshwar police station area of Durg district in Chhattisgarh over alleged religious conversions happening at a house in the region. Hindu organisations protested outside the house where conversions were allegedly taking place under the guise of a Christian prayer meeting. Meenakshi stated in her complaint that apart from Dr Sahu, two other individuals were present at the prayer meeting and spoke against Hindu deities while glorifying Jesus Christ. Speaking to the media on 17th February, Additional Superintendent of Police Abhishek Jha said that a complaint was received about a religious conversion event taking place under the guise of a prayer meeting.

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Chhattisgarh Plans Stricter Law Against Forced Conversions
6 days, 9 hours ago

Chhattisgarh Plans Stricter Law Against Forced Conversions

Deccan Chronicle  

Raipur: Deputy chief minister in the Vishnu Deo Sai government Vijay Sharma, who holds home portfolio, on Monday announced that the state would bring ‘stringent’ legislation to curb religious conversions facilitated by some foreign funded Non-Government Organizations in Chhattisgarh. “We will enact a stringent legislation to stop religious conversions in Chhattisgarh and also may go for scrutiny of foreign funds …

Maharajganj: Police arrest 4 for forcing Hindus to convert to Christianity
6 days, 22 hours ago

Maharajganj: Police arrest 4 for forcing Hindus to convert to Christianity

Op India  

On Saturday, the police arrested four individuals accused of coercing members of the Hindu community into converting to Christianity. The FIR has been registered under Sections 3 and 5 of Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021 against Nagendra Singh, Ramesh Kumar, Imarti and Radha. Allegations of forced conversion According to media reports, RSS activists learned that …

Uttar Pradesh: Man booked under anti-conversion law in Shravasti for running conversion racket in the guise of prayer meetings
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Uttar Pradesh: Man booked under anti-conversion law in Shravasti for running conversion racket in the guise of prayer meetings

Op India  

On 3rd March, a man named Harish Singh was booked by Ikona Police, Shravasti district in Uttar Pradesh, under Sections 3 and 5 of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act for forcefully converting Hindus under the guise of prayer meetings. Hindu organisations, including Vishva Hindu Mahasangh and Vishwa Hindu Parishad, informed the police about the prayer …

Hindu groups halt alleged conversions at churches in Chhattisgarh’s Mohla
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Hindu groups halt alleged conversions at churches in Chhattisgarh’s Mohla

Op India  

On 2nd March, Hindu organisations staged protests outside two churches in Mohla in Mohla Manpur district of Chhattisgarh, alleging that forced conversions were happening under the guise of prayer meetings. Hindu groups allege forced conversions The first event, where Vishva Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal protested, was taking place at Mennonite Church, located in Ward No. Hindu organisations accused Christian …

Chhattisgarh Government steps up action against illegal religious conversion
1 month ago

Chhattisgarh Government steps up action against illegal religious conversion

Op India  

The Chhattisgarh BJP government has stepped up its action against religious conversion being carried out by NGOs using foreign funding. Most of the NGOs have selected tribal areas for work As per the report, 9 out of 19 FCRA-registered institutions in Bastar and 15 out of 18 such institutions in Jashpur are being run by Christian missionaries. Government planning to …

NGOs using foreign funding for religious conversions in Chhattisgarh: CM Vishnu Deo Sai says strict action will be taken against them
1 month ago

NGOs using foreign funding for religious conversions in Chhattisgarh: CM Vishnu Deo Sai says strict action will be taken against them

Op India  

Tightening the noose around NGOs involved in conversions, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai on Friday said that stringent action will be taken against the NGOs that are using foreign funding for religious conversions. He said that the state government received inputs regarding some NGOs receiving foreign funding in the name of health and education projects and misusing it for …

Lucknow: Hindus protest against Christian conversion activities in Gomti Nagar church, locals say Christians buying land and houses at double price
1 month, 1 week ago

Lucknow: Hindus protest against Christian conversion activities in Gomti Nagar church, locals say Christians buying land and houses at double price

Op India  

In the Chota Bharwara of Gomti Nagar Extension area in Lucknow, a massive uproar has erupted over alleged Christian conversion activities going on in a house. The local Hindus staged a protest, accusing the Christian residents of the said house of holding Sunday prayer meetings and converting locals to Christianity. On Sunday, the Gomti Nagar Extension police arrived at the …

UP: Pastor arrested for forced Christian conversion in Lakhimpur Kheri
1 month, 3 weeks ago

UP: Pastor arrested for forced Christian conversion in Lakhimpur Kheri

Op India  

On 26th January, Lakhimpur Kheri police arrested two individuals, Baburam and Pastor Pramod Kumar Balmiki, over allegations of forced religious conversions in Bejham village under Neemgaon police jurisdiction. Details of the incident As per media reports, Hindu organisations, including Vishva Hindu Parishad, got information about forced religious conversions happening in Bejham village. Pastor Pramod Kumar Balmiki, the other accused, further …

Hindu organisations uncover Christian conversions in Chhattisgarh
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Hindu organisations uncover Christian conversions in Chhattisgarh

Op India  

On 26th January, Raipur and Balrampur in Chhattisgarh witnessed unrest over allegations of religious conversions. Hindu organisations and locals acted on tip-offs in both districts and uncovered ongoing Christian conversions happening in guise of prayer meetings. Raipur incident – protests erupt over alleged conversions in Mitaan Vihar Hindu groups, led by Bajrang Dal, learned about alleged forced conversions happening in …

Haryana: Bajrang Dal, VHP disrupt Christian 'prayer meet' in Ambala, Haryana, allege deceitful conversion of scheduled caste Hindus
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Haryana: Bajrang Dal, VHP disrupt Christian 'prayer meet' in Ambala, Haryana, allege deceitful conversion of scheduled caste Hindus

Op India  

On Monday, 30th December, several Hindu individuals associated with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal filed a police complaint against some Christians in Barnala village of Haryana’s Ambala district. One of the Bajrang Dal activists talked to the media and confirmed that illegal conversion of Hindus had been taking place in the Barnala village for a very long time. …

Odisha: 3 Tied To Tree, Thrashed By Mob On Suspicion Of Religious Conversion Of Tribals
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha: 3 Tied To Tree, Thrashed By Mob On Suspicion Of Religious Conversion Of Tribals

ABP News  

Three people were tied to a tree and thrashed up by a mob in Odisha's Balasore district over the allegation that they were attempting religious conversion of some tribal families, police said on Saturday. STORY | Odisha: 3 persons tied to tree, thrashed for allegedly attempting religious conversion of tribals READ: https://t.co/YQgUJA9MJk VIDEO : pic.twitter.com/g2mxebUR65 — Press Trust of India …

Raigarh: 2 arrested over allegations of forced conversions, 10 detained
4 months, 1 week ago

Raigarh: 2 arrested over allegations of forced conversions, 10 detained

Op India  

On Sunday, 10th November, a case of alleged forced Christian conversion stirred tension in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. According to media reports, members of Hindu organisations, including the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, gathered outside a house where the alleged conversion was taking place in the name of mass prayers. Two persons, identified as Saul Naga and Indrajeet Khare, were arrested by the police, …

Police Raid Mass Conversion Event, Suspect Detained in Azamgarh
5 months ago

Police Raid Mass Conversion Event, Suspect Detained in Azamgarh

Op India  

Police raid mass conversion event in Azamgarh, India, resulting in the arrest of the main suspect, Rajaram Yadav. The suspect was allegedly involved in coercing Hindus into converting to Christianity through manipulation and deception. The incident has sparked outrage and calls for a thorough investigation into the matter.

UP: Christian pastor ‘Kuldeep’, 3 others arrested for converting Hindus to Christianity by offering money, VHP leader says they have converted 60 people
8 months ago

UP: Christian pastor ‘Kuldeep’, 3 others arrested for converting Hindus to Christianity by offering money, VHP leader says they have converted 60 people

Op India  

In Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district, four people, including a Christian pastor from Uttarakhand, were arrested for converting people to Christianity under the guise of providing ‘assistance’. On 14th July, the police informed that the accused persons had been booked under relevant sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, and the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, 2021. Pankaj …

Azamgarh Police arrests one for luring Hindus and converting them to Christianity
1 year, 5 months ago

Azamgarh Police arrests one for luring Hindus and converting them to Christianity

Op India  

On Sunday, October 1, the Uttar Pradesh Police arrested one of the persons who attempted to convert the religion of Hindus to Christianity in the Sathiaon block of Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. According to the Bhaskar report, the incident came to light after the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal members came to know about the event and caught …

6 detained in Chhattisgarh for deceptively converting villagers to Christianity under the guise of providing medical treatment
2 years, 1 month ago

6 detained in Chhattisgarh for deceptively converting villagers to Christianity under the guise of providing medical treatment

Op India  

The Chhattisgarh Police, on Monday, February 27, detained around 6 people, including women, for conducting a gathering to forcefully convert people to Christianity. A similar case was reported from Chhattisgarh in November last year wherein a group of non-Christians was being encouraged to convert to Christianity by pastors. Chhattisgarh has recently become a hotbed of forced religious conversions, wherein Christian …

Church vandalism in Chhattisgarh | VHP condemns conversion, demands strict laws
2 years, 2 months ago

Church vandalism in Chhattisgarh | VHP condemns conversion, demands strict laws

The Hindu  

Days after some alleged tribal groups vandalised a church in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad on Wednesday said that it believed efforts to stop illegal conversions should be made within the ambit of the constitution and law. Milind Parande, VHP’s general secretary, said that tension was escalating in the country due to illegal conversions and “healing meetings organised by …

SP injured, church vandalised as violence over religious conversion hits Narayanpur again
2 years, 2 months ago

SP injured, church vandalised as violence over religious conversion hits Narayanpur again

The Hindu  

Nearly half a dozen policemen, including a District Superintendent of Police, were injured and a church vandalised after a “protest meeting over purported religious conversions” called by tribal groups turned violent in Chhattisgarh’s Narayanpur district on Monday. Narayanpur Collector Ajeet Vasant told The Hindu that the meeting was called by the tribal groups to raise “their grievances regarding religious conversions …

1,000 Christians subjected to violence in Chhattisgarh, some forcibly converted to Hinduism: Civil rights groups
2 years, 2 months ago

1,000 Christians subjected to violence in Chhattisgarh, some forcibly converted to Hinduism: Civil rights groups

The Hindu  

Some civil rights groups have claimed that about 1,000 Christian tribals in Chhattisgarh were subjected to violence over their religion and some of them were forcibly converted to Hinduism. Irfan Engineer, director of the Centre for Study of Society and Secularism who led the fact-finding committee, claimed that there is an "organised campaign to forcibly convert Christian Adivasis to Hindu …

UP: Police arrest 3 men of same family over alleged rape of woman, forced religious conversion bid in Noida
2 years, 2 months ago

UP: Police arrest 3 men of same family over alleged rape of woman, forced religious conversion bid in Noida

India TV News  

Forced religious conversion: A 30-year-old Muslim man was apprehended in Noida on the charges of alleged rape and attempted religious conversion bid on a woman on the pretext of marriage. He further said that the woman has filed a case at the Bisrakh police station, alleging rape, assault and forced attempt of religious conversion. FIR lodged under relevant section He …

Church priest arrested over forced religious conversion in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh
2 years, 2 months ago

Church priest arrested over forced religious conversion in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh

Op India  

A priest from an Uttar Pradesh church has been arrested over an alleged case of forced religious conversion in Rampur, police said. The accused priest, Polo Messiah, has been booked under sections of the Uttar Pradesh Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Act, police said. On December 21, in a similar case, Sitapur Police filed an FIR against two persons …

Uttarakhand: FIR filed against Christian priest over alleged forced conversion
2 years, 2 months ago

Uttarakhand: FIR filed against Christian priest over alleged forced conversion

Op India  

On Friday, December 23, just two days ahead of Christmas, locals of the Purola village in Uttarakhand’s Uttarkashi alleged that a Christian organisation was carrying out a mass conversion program. The incident took place on Friday afternoon at the Hope and Light Centre, where the villagers and the event organisers indulged in a heated argument over an alleged attempt by …

Chhattisgarh: Four pastors lure Hindu villagers to convert to Christianity, arrested
2 years, 3 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Four pastors lure Hindu villagers to convert to Christianity, arrested

Op India  

A video has gone viral on social media, wherein a group of non-Christians are seen being encouraged to convert to Christianity by pastors. The video, first shared by BJP leader Prabal Pratap Singh Judev, is believed to be from the Rajpur block division in the Balrampur district in Chhattisgarh. According to reports, on Wednesday, November 23, in the dead of …

UP: Six Booked on Charges of Forced Conversion
2 years, 4 months ago

UP: Six Booked on Charges of Forced Conversion

News 18  

Six persons have been booked for allegedly luring some people to convert to Christianity, police said. Additional Superintendent of Police Rahul Bhati said on Sunday the action was taken after police got information that religious conversion was going on at the Vanshi Nagar locality here where 60-70 people were present. Those named in the FIR lodged by activist Himanshu Patel …

Chhattisgarh: Two Muslim men dress up as Hindu Sadhus and conduct recce, arrested
2 years, 5 months ago

Chhattisgarh: Two Muslim men dress up as Hindu Sadhus and conduct recce, arrested

Op India  

Chhattisgarh Police have apprehended two Muslim men who were reportedly scouting the streets of Gurur village in Chhattisgarh’s Balod district with the aim of stealing young children. The accused were instructed to establish their identities by reciting the Gayatri Mantra, a highly revered Hindu mantra, which they did not perform, raising police suspicions. The incident resembled a courtroom sequence from …

Conversion program by Christian missionaries cancelled in Gujarat
2 years, 10 months ago

Conversion program by Christian missionaries cancelled in Gujarat

Op India  

Last week, a pamphlet of an alleged spiritual gathering called ‘New Life in Christ’ organized by a Christian missionary was circulated in and around the Sankadibari village in Naswadi taluka of Chhota Udepur district and in the surrounding villages in Gujarat. When the local Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal activists knew about the conversion of Hindu tribals, they petitioned …

Over 6 religious conversions in one-and-a-half month in MP
3 years, 3 months ago

Over 6 religious conversions in one-and-a-half month in MP

India TV News  

Over 6 religious conversions in one-and-a-half month in MP Following a fresh episode, the Madhya Pradesh police claimed to have arrested a couple in Barwani district for allegedly trying to lure tribal women to convert to Christianity. Following a fresh episode, the Madhya Pradesh police claimed to have arrested a couple in Barwani district for allegedly trying to lure tribal …

UP: Man arrested in Mahoba district for threatening and forcing neighbour to convert to Christianity
3 years, 6 months ago

UP: Man arrested in Mahoba district for threatening and forcing neighbour to convert to Christianity

Op India  

On Saturday, the police arrested a 40-year-old man for attempting to forcibly convert his Hindu neighbour to Christianity. As per Dwivedi’s complaint, a few days later, the accused Ashish John forced the victim to accompany him to the local church. The accused was nabbed from the Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh following a complaint by his neighbour Sachin Dwivedi. 5 …

Chattisgarh: Mob attacks pastor, raises slogans to stop religious conversions
3 years, 6 months ago

Chattisgarh: Mob attacks pastor, raises slogans to stop religious conversions

Op India  

A mob of over 100 allegedly attacked a pastor and his family on Sunday in a remote village of Chhattisgarh’s Kabirdham district in protest of the rampant conversion attempts. As per a police official, the mob even raised slogans against religious conversions carried out in tribal areas by groups of Christian missionaries. Kabirdham Superintendent of Police Mohit Garg informed, “As …

Three held for attempting religious conversion in Maharashtra
5 years, 3 months ago

Three held for attempting religious conversion in Maharashtra

India TV News  

Three held for attempting religious conversion in Maharashtra Thane, Dec 3 Three persons have been arrested for allegedly trying to influence some people to undergo religious conversion in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Tuesday. They then allegedly asked the group to convert to Christianity, an official at Napoli police station said. The accused also told the group members that …

‘Missionaries go back’, Christian prayer meet stopped in Himachal Pradesh after VHP’s protest alleging illegal conversion
5 years, 6 months ago

‘Missionaries go back’, Christian prayer meet stopped in Himachal Pradesh after VHP’s protest alleging illegal conversion

Op India  

The Vishwa Hindu Parishad has protested against a ‘prayer meeting’ organized at a private guest house in Sunder Nagar district in Himachal Pradesh alleging that the meeting was used for the purpose of religious conversion. They chanted slogans of ‘Christian Missionary Go Back’ following which the atmosphere became tense. The organizer of the event Amar Singh said that the event …

UP police arrests 7 Christian preachers accused of carrying out forced conversions
7 years, 3 months ago

UP police arrests 7 Christian preachers accused of carrying out forced conversions

Op India  

The Mathura police arrested 7 Christian preachers on Monday night after they were accused of carrying out forced conversions in a UP village. As per reports, these Christian preachers were active in the area named Irauli Gurjar for about a month where they were distributing Bibles to the residents. As per one of the villagers, these preachers turned aggressive and …

Confusion prevails over ‘conversion’ in Bhagalpur
10 years, 3 months ago

Confusion prevails over ‘conversion’ in Bhagalpur

The Hindu  

Confusion and contradiction prevailed in the reported incident of ‘conversion’ of five people to Christianity in a village in Bhagalpur district of Bihar as all of them have given a written statement to the police that “they have not been converted to any religion and still are Hindus”. “All the five who were reported to have converted to Christianity four …

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