How a conversion racket entered a Bihar village in the guise of coaching center - a shocking field investigation by @RashtraJyoti

1. One Sushma Kumari rented a house in Musahar (SC) colony of Kannauji village near Patna. She used most of the open space to make a hall with a shed and dias.

This is how it looked

She told everyone it was a coaching centre for poor kids Children began attending it. What happened in name of education is this:

-They were taught to say Amen, and thrashed for saying Jai Vishwakarma or Jai Shri Ram
-They were asked to tell their mothers not to wear bangles or sindoor
-They were taught that deities like Hanuman and Ram are false Gods and imaginary while Yesu was their true God
-Sushma and three other “teachers” would do theatrics to show love for yeshu

Watch testimonies of Musahar residents collected by @RashtraJyoti

Just went through 100+ pages of official documentation about an illegal religious structure standing in Delhi’s Mangolpuri since 1978, on a land supposed to be a public park

Shocked to find 35+ official complaints by various govt depts all these years, yet the structure stands. Multiple court notices, yet it stands.

Mangolpuri Y Block ‘Muhammadi Masjid’ seems to be a textbook example of how encroachment mafias operate and how ‘minority under attack’ narrative is used to thwart action

Thread 🧵 The land was originally earmarked by DDA as a public park - a vital green lung for Delhi’s residents. But slowly, all greenery was cleared and a mosque-madrasa complex started coming up under the leadership of one Nanhe Khan

Encroachment began with illegal cutting of trees, illegal borewells, unauthorised walls, permanent structures, minarets, even installation of water tanks - all done illegally and step-by-step

Fully documented in repeated letters from MCD Horticulture Dept.

Just returned from a village in Bihar where this illegal mass conversion baptism ritual was carried out last month

Women were made to dip in Ganga river, and their teeka-sindoor wiped off as a signal that they have abandoned Sanatan Dharma. Clearly seen in videos

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Village is Badka Gaon. A few villages away stands a centre with a cross where poor illiterate people are fooled that diseases are caused by devil (shaitaan) and exorcism in name of Yeshu can cure them

They call it church. It is in reality a factory for conversion of Hindus

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Ground report from Bihar
-How a village was targeted by an illegal conversion racket
-how police chose to harass villagers instead of accused
-How our reporter recorded blatant proofs of conversion attempts even though police have already declared no evidence found Around 20 km from Chhapra in Bihar, in Chacha ka Tola of Revilganj block, a man named Jyoti Prakash, originally from Aurangabad, rented the house of one Farzan Ali in a largely Hindu village

Every Sunday, he would call villagers for ‘special prayers to treat illnesses’. Some Hindu women even started going.

As will be detailed in this thread later, he would ask the women to give up Chhat Puja, Durga Puja, jal abhishek in Shiv temples and bindi-sindoor.

Unbelievable handling by Bihar police of the fraud by missionaries to convert Hindus. No wonder these conversion factories are enjoying a free run across India

You must know about this case:

1. Residents of a village in Saran district went to police complaining that a man named Jyoti Prakash, who had already converted and joined missionaries, claimed to be building a school on a plot of land after taking signatures from them, but was instead building a church

See the villagers protesting outside the under-construction building + 2. As per the villagers’ complaint, Prakash was distributing a Rs 1000 cash envelope, a Bible, some snacks and a bottle of water that ‘would cure diseases if consumed with chant of Hallelujah’

But, police found no “evidence” of conversion!

See the complaint by villagers and the press note by police

On Meghalaya-Assam border, the region’s largest Hindu festival takes place every year around this time

But last year, two minor girls were gangrapd by men - all from Muslim community of Assam - sending shockwaves and bringing to fore years of demographic change concern

Read: The four-day festival is held near the revered temple of Chenga Benga in Gandhipara village, South West Garo Hills, Meghalaya. It’s organised by northeast India’s Konch-Hajong communities, known for continuing their Hindu religious practice

Girls were from this community

Sharing some pictures of mela for reference, taken from internet

Akram and Saud slaughtered a cow and threw its head on road at night. Local Hindus were obviously incensed

But unlike Nagpur, no mob violence, no attack on homes and vehicles, no arson. Instead, Hindus enforced social boycott of accused families

What I found in ground visit🧵 In January, at Mathania market chowk in Jodhpur, carcass of a calf was found early morning. Hindus in the area gathered and staged a protest

FIR 4/25 was filed at Mathania police station same day. CCTV footage revealed the killers as 20-year-old Saud (son of Yunus) and 28-year-old Akram (son of Abdul Lateef), both locals of nearby Tinwari area

They were arrested under Rajasthan’s anti-cow slaughter law. Police released a press note the next day

The woman I am standing with is one of the bravest I know.

Chanchal Chaudhary relentlessly pursued the case of her missing friend Priya - until it was revealed that Priya’s boyfriend Mohd Shamshad had killed her and buried her body inside his house.

This case became instrumental in Yogi govt bringing anti-conversion law criminalising marriage by hiding identity in Nov 2020. CM Yogi Adityanath cited this case in multiple interviews regarding the law.

Priya lived as a tenant in Chanchal’s house. She had separated from her husband and was living with her 13-year-old daughter Kashish.

Priya began an affair with a man she met on Facebook - who introduced himself as ‘Amit Gujjar.’ He later turned out to be Mohd Shamshad, a married man. Chanchal didn’t approve of the relationship but Priya was adamant on marrying Shamshad.

When Priya and Kashish went missing during the first lockdown in March 2020, only Chanchal looked for them. She filed multiple police complaints, followed up relentlessly, and didn’t let the case die.

In July, the truth came out- both mother and daughter were murdered and buried inside Shamshad’s bedroom.

Chanchal is complainant in the case. That means endless trips to court, paying lawyers, and facing security threats. But she has braved it all.

When I met Chanchal, I told her - you are like my younger sister. If you ever need help, don’t hesitate.

Last week, she reached out. In tears. Her father is hospitalised with a heart condition. Chanchal, being the only child, spent all her meagre savings in just three days of treatment. She shared how the pending court case has affected her chances of getting a job all along.

We at @sewanyaya are now bearing the cost of her father’s treatment.

God gave us an opportunity to stand by this brave girl and we won’t let her walk alone.

To support:

https://twitter.com/sewanyaya/status/1785948246420177066

Thrilled to share this news from IIT Delhi ✊

From Sambhal, a team of primary class kids from govt schools competed against 35 college BTech teams in Robotics at the prestigious IIT Delhi yesterday and won the top 4 position!

Made entirely possible through training by @sewanyaya

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At a robotics competition organised as part of IIT Delhi’s annual techfest TRYST-2025, this team of kids from Sambhal were youngest participants in the contest

While they are from Class 5 and 7, they competed against teams from engineering colleges. Secured an incredible 4th place finish. They had to perform blindfolded.

A remarkable win for govt school students from one of UP’s most backward districts

I am in Jodhpur and what I see truly breaks my heart

These families - Hindus from Pakistan - arrived in Bharat two weeks ago. They have no money, no food, no work, and now they are being evicted from this patch of land, saying it’s disputed, with no alternative given

As you can see, even this land is sandy, unlivable with no water source. Refugees are literally sleeping on sand

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A police vehicle is stationed to prevent them from bringing wooden logs to set up temporary shelters. Police say the land is disputed between Jodhpur development authority and a resident named Atiq Ahmed

See the footage

This ordinary yellow house, located in a migrant labour colony, has been a conversion factory for 10 years

Luring Hindus through exorcism, promising ‘treatment’ through miracles. Even kids in the area know it as a house where “bhoot-pret” are removed

A ground report 🧵 It’s Shankar Nagar, Partapur area, Meerut.

A family - Vineet, Johny, Payal, Sangita, and Gita - turned their house into a ‘masihi prarthana ghar’. For 10 years, Hindus were lured with promises of ‘miracle healing,’ told that Masih’s divine power could even raise the dead

Locals were told illnesses were caused by ‘dusht aatma’ (evil spirits) and could only be cured through Masih who is parmeshwar. Regular attendees were required to bring at least 2-3 new families. Marriage alliances with converted families were facilitated

A long but very important day

After we sought Human Rights Commission intervention, NHRC member Priyank Kanoongo today addressed Dalit families in Meerut about a critical issue - converting out of Hindu, Buddhist or Sikh fold means losing SC benefits. I was there

A thread 🧵: Why this colony? Because a major illegal conversion racket was busted in this Shankar Nagar colony in Partapur area

A house was converted into an unauthorised religious centre where Hindus families were lured into conversion through miracle healings and exorcism. They were told illnesses were due to “evil spirits” and only praying to Masih could cure them

Vineet pastor, Johny pastor, Geeta, Payal and Sangita were booked, but some are out on bail

Watch this video of police raid:

How did 3 houses in a row in an upmarket all-Hindu residential colony quietly turned into a religious centre, gathering hundreds of Hindus every Sunday for conversion, without anyone raising voice for 7 years?

I visited the colony in Lucknow today to find out. A thread 🧵 Exactly three weeks ago, on 9 Feb, a Yeshu Prarthana Sabha with 200+ Hindus in attendance was raided in Bharwara Estate Colony, Gomti Nagar Extension.

Hindu activists, acting on a tip-off from a resident, reached the spot at 10 am. Police were called.

What they found: An unofficial ‘church’ operating inside three converted houses, built over a seven-year period.

Here are videos and pictures of protest that day. Children can also be seen coming out of the Sabha after raid

Glad to share the news that in a disturbing case of forced conversion and circumcision of a 3-year-old Jain boy, accused Iliyas Qureshi and Mohd Zafar Ali have been sentenced to 10 years rigorous imprisonment

A thread on what this case was all about 🧵 -Mahesh Nahata, a native of Barmer, Rajasthan, married Prarthana from Shajapur, Madhya Pradesh, in 2014

-In 2015, they had a son, whom they lovingly named Manan (picture attached)

-But Prarthana eloped with her former lover from her school days, Iliyas Qureshi, taking three-year-old Manan along.

This week, I visited a colony in Ghaziabad where a conversion racket was being run in an all-Hindu area by a teacher from a local well-known missionary school with help of a government employee

Here’s what I found 🧵 The colony, Sewa Nagar, is home to 2,000 people from castes like Pal (gadaria), Valmiki, Jatav and Brahmin

There is a house called ‘Om Niwas’ owned by late Jagpal Singh Jatav. On ground floor lives his younger son Akash while on first floor lives his elder son Ravi

Ravi, a govt employee, converted to Christianity 2 years ago

Another mass conversion racket busted in Meerut, West UP

If you recall, I reported on a similar incident from Meerut recently, followed by a yajna to bring families back to Sanatana fold

Latest one had been allegedly operational for 10 years

A thread on what was uncovered🧵 Raid took place in Shankar Colony, Partapur area

On receiving a tip-off, activists and police entered a home and found its second floor converted into a fully functional church called ‘Masihi Prarthana Church’

Over 50 men and women were attending a Bible-reading session

Exactly 32 years ago, on 6 Dec 1992, a dhancha built during Babur’s invasion over a site widely believed to be Shri Ram’s birthplace was brought down with bare hands by thousands of karsevaks in Ayodhya

What really unfolded that day as seen through a core karsevak’s eyes? A 🧵 That day, karsevaks dismantled the dhancha (structure) using their hands and simple tools. In Ayodhya, locals and Sangh members dislike calling it ‘Babri’ or ‘mosque’ and refer to it simply as dhancha

Once the structure fell, chaos ensued. Some even lost their lives. Many were injured

By next morning, karsevaks started clearing the debris

A message was sent out to treat every rock and brick as prasad. Some broke bricks to share, others took mud. Within two hours, the site was cleared

By evening, the site was leveled. Then, a temporary temple was built with a cement platform, bamboo sticks and cloth. Ram Lalla was enshrined there

And it is at this very spot where he sits even today

14 Hindus were burnt alive in a mill very near to Sambhal’s disputed mosque in 1978

Rumours of a Hindu killing an imam and a sadhu performing puja there triggered this massacre

I spoke to the family of the mill owner, who was also killed

A thread on this forgotten tragedy 🧵 The mill, an ahaata spread over 4 beegha in Nakhasa Bazaar, belonged to Banwari Lal Goel, an affluent, well-respected man in Sambhal

He was known for his fairness and even Muslim families sought his help to resolve disputes, locals recall. He was also Sambhal president of VHP

Those wondering if Hindus of #Sambhal have made no efforts to sustain their claim on the disputed mosque site which they have always known as Shri Hari Har Mandir, well they did

But it stopped after a 1978 pogrom, where 23 of 25 officially recorded dead were Hindus

A thread 🧵 1. Sambhal has witnessed recurring communal violence, major ones being 1935, 1947 partition, and the horrific 1978 pogrom

In 1978, Hindus in Moradabad district made up less than 30%. The violence that year began on 29 March 1978 when Vinod Pramod, a Hindu paan shop owner, defied a Muslim League leader’s bandh call

That leader was Mohd Manzar Shafi and had recently got bail in a communal violence case two years earlier where one Muslim and three Hindus were allegedly killed

Shafi’s men unleashed violence. Academic accounts describe Sambhal as turning into a “virtual crematorium”

Yesterday I visited Sambhal, where heavy stone-pelting erupted on Sunday during a court-ordered survey of a disputed mosque structure

To my surprise, every Hindu local - minorities in Sambhal - referred to the property as ‘Shri Hari Har Temple’

Here is what I found. A thread 🧵 First, a bit about the area

The mosque, known as Shahi Jama Masjid Sambhal, is located in Kot area of Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh. Hindus and Muslims refer to their respective colonies as Kot Purvi (East) and Kot Gharbhi (Gharab is West in Arabic).

The street outside the mosque’s front gate (seen in video) is largely Hindu-populated and leads to a police chowki. Locals jokingly call this street - Post office road - as India-Pakistan border

2011 census put Hindu population in Sambhal at 22%. In Kot, Hindus said they are no more than 10%

Yesterday, I visited Meerut’s Ambedkar Colony, where 30+ families have converted to Christianity

They attended Sunday prayer services at a pastor’s house till his arrest

We organized a Yajna-havan there. Deepest gratitude to those whose support made it possible

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This largely Jatav community has seen rapid conversions over the past 8-9 years, mostly through dubious "medical healing" promises when healthcare costs became overwhelming

As missionaries face global backlash, they prey on the vulnerable in India