CHATTISGARH, India — Nine Christians in the Durg district of Chattisgarh state, India, are on trial for disrupting the peace between two communities by “attempting to convert” Hindu villagers with offers of money.
On Sept. 26, the pastor and eight members of a church appeared before a judge who offered to dismiss the case if the Christians would stop their activities, which they declined to do, asserting that the allegations against them were false.
Police had arrested the group June 6 and charged them with disturbing the peace after a mob of around 200 people attacked the Christians and accused them of offering money to convert Hindu villagers. Police did not file any charges against the attackers.
Meanwhile two other Christians in another district of Chattisgarh are awaiting charges for their alleged role in fraudulent “conversion.”
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