Archive · 17 Nov 2025
Chhattisgarh Police File FIR Amid Accusations of Forced Religious Conversions
Imagine in a village in India, some people who follow one religion, called Christianity, were having a prayer meeting at someone's house.
Some other people from a different religion, Hinduism, heard about this meeting.
They went to the house and interrupted the meeting, saying that the Christians were trying to trick people into changing their religion.
They called the police, who then stopped the meeting.
The police have now filed a case because they are investigating if the religious conversion was done wrongly.
Reports say that this has happened many times recently in this area, and sometimes people from different religions have disagreements about where to bury their dead.
An FIR has been filed in Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh, following accusations of illegal religious conversion.
Hindu organizations disrupted a Christian prayer meeting, alleging that attendees were being lured to convert.
Pastor Vishnu Kosaria and others have been accused of organizing the prayer meeting for conversion purposes.
Reports indicate a rise in religious conversion cases in Chhattisgarh, with 38 registered in the last six months.
Increased Christian populations in some villages have led to conflicts over burial grounds, with Hindu organizations opposing Christian burials in village cremation sites.
- Who
- Hindu organizations and police vs. Pastor Vishnu Kosaria, Prateek Goyal, and others
- What
- An FIR has been filed following accusations of illegal religious conversion from Hinduism to Christianity during a prayer meeting.
- When
- Sunday, November 16th, with reports of rising conversion cases over the last six months.
- Where
- Chilhati village, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.
- Why
- Hindu organizations allege that people are being lured and brainwashed into abandoning their religion.
- Location
- Chilhati village, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
- Date of Incident
- Sunday, November 16th
- Accused
- Pastor Vishnu Kosaria, Prateek Goyal, and others
- Allegation
- Illegal religious conversion of Hindus to Christianity
- FIR Filed
- Yes, by Sarkanda police
- Reported Conversions in Last 6 Months
- 38 cases in various areas