Hindus lured with inducements, targeted for forced Christian conversion under pretext of curing diseases
Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India 
13 December, 2025
Case Summary
In the Kundam police station area of Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, tribal Hindus were targeted for forced religious conversion by a Christian man and woman. The accused lured Hindus under the pretext of treating illnesses and also brainwashed them with religious texts like the Bible to convert them to Christianity. The victims were also offered various inducements to convert. According to media reports, the Hindu victims were lured and gathered at a house on 14th December 2025 under the pretext of 'healing' meetings, where Hindus were taught the Bible under the guise of treatment. These Bible lessons were done to indoctrinate Hindus with Christianity. The Hindu victims were also offered various inducements to convert to Christianity. Following this, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, a Hindu organisation, raided the house where the conversion event was taking place. The Christian perpetrators, Rajendra Kol and Deepa Kol, worked together in a room to carry out religious conversions. Reports also confirmed that these conversion efforts had been going on for a long time. Bibles and other religious materials were also recovered from the scene. The Vishwa Hindu Parishad filed a police complaint regarding this matter and demanded a fair and strict investigation. Subsequently, the police began investigating the entire matter.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
The primary category selected in this case is- Predatory Proselytisation. The subcategory selected is- Conversion/attempts to convert by inducement. Predatory Proselytisation is not just limited to threat, harassment, force and violence, but it also has contours of stealth. In several cases, the Hindu victim is exploited to convert, with non-Hindus taking advantage of their poverty. In such cases, the Hindu victim who is suffering financially is offered monetary benefits, including lucrative offers for jobs, health treatment, education, etc, to induce the victim into changing his/her religion. In such cases, the religious identity of the victim and the aim to disenfranchise him from his faith form the heart of the crime. Also, taking advantage of and exploiting an individual’s economic vulnerabilities is widely acknowledged as exploitation, forms of which are often penalised by law. Such cases therefore are considered religiously motivated hate crimes since the victim’s religious identity forms the very heart of the crime itself. The other subcategory selected is- Proselytisation by grooming, brainwashing, manipulation or subtle indoctrination. The tertiary category selected is- Pattern of targeting Hindus. Religious brainwashing essentially means the often subtle and forcible indoctrination to induce someone to give up their religious beliefs to accept contrasting regimented ideas. Religious grooming or brainwashing also involves propaganda and manipulation. It involves the systematic effort, driven by religious malice and indoctrination, to persuade “non-believers’ to accept allegiance, command, or doctrine to and of a contrasting faith. Cases of such grooming or brainwashing are far more nuanced than direct threats, coercion, inducement and violence. In such cases, it is often seen that there is repeated, subtle and continual manipulation of the victim to induce disaffection towards their own faith and acceptance of the contrasting faith of the perpetrator. While subtle indoctrination is widely acknowledged as predatory, an element which is often understated in such conversions or the attempts of such conversion is the role of loyalty and trust which might develop between the perpetrator and the victim. Fiduciary relationships are often abused to affect such religious conversion. For example, an educator transmitting religious doctrine of a competing faith to a Hindu student. The Hindu student is likely to accept what the teacher is transmitting owing to existence of the fiduciary relationship. The exploitation of the fiduciary relationship to religiously indoctrinate victims would also be included in this category. Since the underlying animosity towards the victim’s faith forms the basis of predatory proselytization, such cases are considered religiously motivated hate crimes. This case constitutes a clear instance of an anti-Hindu hate crime motivated by religious animosity, as the Christian perpetrators targeted innocent Hindus for forced religious conversion through calculated inducements. These inducements were not acts of kindness or goodwill but predatory methods to exploit the victims' socio-economic vulnerabilities, fulfilling their basic needs only in exchange for abandoning their Hindu faith and converting to Christianity. Such predatory coercion preys on marginalised Hindu communities, stripping them of their religious identity and cultural heritage, which exemplifies deep-seated hatred for Hinduism and the Hindu community, making it a clear instance of religiously motivated crime. The Christian perpetrators' exploitation extended to luring sick Hindu victims with false promises of curing illnesses, manipulating their desperation during prayer meetings. This tactic of promising miraculous healing under the guise of manipulation directly arm-twisted the vulnerable Hindus into submission, using health crises as leverage to brainwash and humiliate them into forsaking Hinduism. By weaponising these pretexts, the perpetrators orchestrated a premeditated assault on the Hindu faith, demonstrating religious hatred through systematic deception designed to dismantle the victims' spiritual convictions and forcibly impose Christianity on them. The Christian perpetrators were also actively attempting to indoctrinate the Hindu victims by using Christian religious texts and literature, like the Bible. Using the scriptures or literature of one faith to deliberately target and manipulate members of another, with the clear intention of religious conversion, represents a direct attack on the Hindu faith. Such actions are designed to violate and undermine the beliefs of Hindu victims and are clear indicators of religious hostility towards Hindus and their religious identity. Such actions further demonstrate that this was not an isolated incident of evangelism, but rather part of a broader, organised operation to further religious conversions. When Christian religious material is used to exploit trust, sow doubt, and misrepresent the beliefs of Hindus to coerce conversion, particularly in a systematic manner, it constitutes a religiously motivated offence. Furthermore, these conversion efforts were happening for a long time, as confirmed by reports. This persistent pattern of targeting Hindus, luring them with incentives and subjecting them to psychological manipulation served as a stark example of a religiously motivated crime. Such actions are aimed at undermining the religious and cultural identity of Hindus through coercion, manipulation, and unlawful means. Such incidents highlighted that the conversions were neither isolated nor accidental but formed part of a calculated and targeted strategy to convert Hindus to Christianity. By focusing specifically on Hindus, these Christian evangelists were profiling vulnerable individuals and working systematically to erase their Hindu identity. This premeditated effort to convert Hindus was motivated by deep-seated hatred for Hinduism and the Hindu community. Such instances of targeted proselytisation stem from inherent hostility towards the victims' professed faith, as Abrahamic doctrines dehumanise non-adherents until they convert, making it a religiously motivated crime against Hindus. Therefore, this case is added to the hate crime database of the Hinduphobia Tracker.
Case Status
Complaint filed
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Christian Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
both
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