Still recovering from injuries at the hands of a Hindu extremist-led mob that beat him unconscious in January, a pastor in central India faces death threats, landlords who refuse to rent to him and baseless charges of forcible conversion, sources said.
Incited by false information on YouTube, a mob of hundreds of Hindu extremists last month threw stones that smashed through the glass of a Christian-run school in Madhya Pradesh, India where 12th-grade students were taking critical exams, sources said.
Two pastors and a friend falsely accused of fraudulent conversion in central India were released on bail earlier this month after spending a month in jail, sources said.
A pastor in India was beaten unconcious and left for dead in a locked room by Hindu extremists.
A pastor in India was coerced by police into agreeing to stop holding worship in his home after an officer threatened to make false charges against his son.
As COVID-19 restrictions begin to loosen, Christians in India are experiencing increased persecution from Hindu radicals.
Hindu radicals reportedly recently had a 12-foot statue of Jesus removed from a Christian cemetery. The statue was removed only after radicals living outside of the village where the cemetery is located complained.
