INDORE, India — A Christian worker is in jail in Indore, in the state of Madhya Pradesh in India, after authorities arrested him Oct. 7 for “converting young children from poor Hindu families to Christianity.”
Indore police arrested Sunny John under the state anti-conversion law after members of the Dharma Raksha Samiti (DRS), or Religious Protection Committee, a Hindu extremist group, surrounded the Heera Nagar police station protesting “conversions,” reported The Pioneer, a national daily. John, an independent worker, runs three schools for children. He was accused of converting 11 children between the ages of 5 and 10 who were living in his school-cum-children’s home at Sunder Nagar Extension in Indore.
Indira Iyengar, member of the State Minorities Commission, noted that none of the children had converted to Christianity or complained of attempted conversion and John denied the charges.
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