A pastor from Madhya Pradesh was arrested on Easter Sunday for damaging religious sentiment by comparing Jesus Christ's salvation to revelations in the Vedas and Upanishads, holy Hindu scriptures, in a blog.
The Uttar Pradesh railway police arrested two men in connection with the harassment of nuns in Jhansi station during a train journey.
Christians in Chhattisgarh's Bastar district were forced to leave their village after being threatened with death if they did not return to their ancestral religion. A mob tracked them, beat them, and forced them to recant their faith and worship their tribal deities in a ceremony held on March 10, according to sources.
A mob of 150 right-wing extremists forced two nuns and two postulants off the train at Jhansi station around 7:45 p.m. on March 19 as they were traveling from Delhi to Rourkela, Odisha, for the Easter holiday.
The High Court of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday granted bail to the principal of a missionary school, who was charged with psychological abuse against a female teacher in an effort to convert her Christianity.
“I didn’t know where to turn for help. Even police have told me that I cannot hold prayers in Dharmapuri. I have been here for the last five years and there has been no issue. Now the landlord has told me to vacate and I am searching for a new place. I am not sure if I can even hold prayers anymore.”
The Madhya Pradesh assembly passed the latest "Freedom of Religion" bill on March 8, making unlawful religious conversions illegal and punishable by one to five years in prison and a minimum fine of about 25,000 rupees.
A mob of about 70 people carrying weapons attacked a group of Christians who were praying at a believer’s home in Chhattisgarh last week, burning Bibles and vandalizing furniture, according to a report, which said at least six Christians sustained serious injuries.
Five Christians in Madhya Pradesh were granted bail after the state police failed to prove the religious conversion charges against them.
A pastor, his wife and a few other Christians were seriously injured after some religious fanatics attacked a birthday party held in a house in Karnataka.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on March 1 rejected the plea of Christians to postpone the state elections in West Bengal and Assam that are scheduled to take place during the Holy Week.
A pastor was brutally beaten by tribal animists angered by his refusal to contribute money toward the ritual worship of tribal deities — yet police refused to punish the assailants.
