A gist of the case, reproduced below, is based on a social media post by Swati Goel Sharma.

The court order, accessed by Rashtra Jyoti, is attached below.

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Six pastors and an accomplice have been sentenced to five years’ rigorous imprisonment for forcing Hindus to convert Hindus to Christianity by disparaging Hindu deities, promoting hatred towards Hindu beliefs and portraying Christianity as superior

As per a key prosecution witness, his cousin had urinated in the family’s ancestral place of worship after coming under influence of these pastors

Case from Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh

Six men from Diwari village, working as pastors, managed to convert one Jeet Singh of Pipariya village

After gaining a foothold, they began holding gatherings at his house to attract more converts through familiar tactics, including:

– Telling villagers that Hindu gods were of no use

– Saying Hindu beliefs were false

– Claiming Christianity was superior

– Promising money, relief from poverty, miraculous healing after conversion

The villagers of Pipariya were already upset by these activities

On 27 April 2024, the six pastors again visited the village, this time gathering at the house of Suday Maravi

Birthday decorations had been put up in the room to give the impression that the gathering was for birthday celebration of Suday’s daughter

Suday’s neighbour and cousin, Angad Maravi, gathered other villagers to protest the conversion activity

Angad later testified in court that his uncle (Suday’s father) had told him that Suday had urinated in the family’s ancestral place of worship after coming under the influence of the accused