Hindu villagers manipulated for religious conversion through religious texts by two Christian evangelists
Lakhisarai, Bihar, India 
26 December, 2025
Case Summary
In the Masudan Musahari village of Lakhisarai district, Bihar, Hindu villagers were manipulated for religious conversion through Christian religious texts by two Christian evangelists. According to reports, on 27 December 2025, two Christian men were targeting poor Hindu families and were manipulating them to convert to Christianity. They were visiting households within the Musahari community, distributing copies of the Bible and conducting prayers in the name of Jesus Christ, an organised effort at mentally conditioning vulnerable and uneducated Hindu families for conversion. The villagers apprehended the two Christian perpetrators and took them to the police station. During police questioning, one of the accused identified himself as a resident of Jamalpur in Munger district and the other as a resident of Bariarpur. Both of them acknowledged that they had been teaching Christianity and praying for local residents. Villagers also reported that photographs were found on the mobile phones of the two accused, showing them conducting prayer gatherings in the village. Piri Bazaar police station officer Rohit Kumar confirmed that both youths were taken into custody for questioning and stated that no written complaint had been submitted by either side at the time. As of the date of writing this report, further legal action was pending.
Why it is Hate Crime ?
This case has been documented under the primary category: Predatory Proselytisation. Under this, the secondary category selected is: Proselytisation by grooming, brainwashing, manipulation or subtle indoctrination. 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 has been added to the tracker because Hindu villagers were targeted and manipulated for religious conversion through Christian religious texts by two Christian evangelists. The Christian perpetrators were actively attempting to indoctrinate the Hindu victims by using Christian religious texts and literature. 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 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. The accused also conducted prayer gatherings in the village and conducted prayers in the name of Jesus. What is presented as a simple prayer gathering inside a house is, in reality, a covert attempt at religious conversion. These are not genuine community prayers but calculated efforts to exploit the trust of Hindus and manipulate them into abandoning their faith. It is a well-recognised tool in organised Christian proselytisation networks. These gatherings usually employ songs, testimonies and emotionally charged prayer sessions to influence and induce vulnerable individuals without openly declaring the underlying objective. By conducting such gatherings, the Christian evangelists sought to manipulate vulnerable Hindus, taking advantage of their emotional and social circumstances to push them towards conversion. For purposes of religious conversion, Christian missionaries often focus on exploiting socio-economic vulnerability, emotional distress, and social isolation. The deliberate focus on the Musahar community, one of the most vulnerable Hindu communities in the region, demonstrated a clear bias in victim selection rooted in religious animosity and socio-economic vulnerability. The Christian faith, by its very theological foundations, places a strong emphasis on proselytisation. In pursuit of conversion objectives, Christian evangelists often employ unethical means, ranging from psychological pressure and misinformation to inducements such as money or jobs. In such cases, Christian missionary groups often target and brainwash socially and economically vulnerable Hindus to further their agenda of religious conversions. This form of coercion strips Hindus of their agency and dignity and enforces forced conversions. These are not random or isolated incidents, but rather premeditated efforts to undermine the Hindu faith, persuade Hindus to discard their own faith, and convert to Christianity. Such acts are deeply rooted in religious animosity towards Hindu victims, and thus amount to a clear instance of a religiously motivated crime.
Case Status
Arrested
Perpetrators Details
Perpetrators
Christian Extremists
Perpetrators Range
From 2 To 5
Perpetrators Gender
male
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