Dalit Christians in northern India return home after Hindu nationalists who beat, robbed and paraded him on December 27th, submitting crimes of scorning him and threatening to kill him. Can’t do this, the source said.
Hindu nationalists also forced Shivbaran Paswan in Barorpur Aerai village in the Fahhpur district of Uttar Pradesh to quit Hindu gods and sing. Passwan fled to the house on January 2nd after police claimed they would present themselves.
Paswan said circle officials and the police department in charge had previously summoned Paswan and brought in the identification document to submit their identification on December 29th.
“We were forced to detain for three hours and the police didn’t release us until we signed a blank piece of paper,” Paswan said. “They sent me to prison and threatened to destroy my house if I didn’t do what they said. I had no choice but to obey.”
After police released them, public transport was not available in the middle of the night, so the trio had to return home three miles.
On December 27, a Hindu mob denounced 46-year-old Passwan for forced conversion and abused him, they said, “We just beat you, and this time we beat you.” But if you continue to preach, we will not attack you next time – we will kill you,” says Paswan.
On the morning of December 26th, Passwan left the house and visited a doctor who handled his 13-year-old son with a stomach illness. Passwan’s son told the others in the village that he would “teach lessons” to others in the village, and he attacked him on his return home, and immediately heard him warn his mother.
Paswan’s wife confronts Dixit and explains that Paswan has only gone to see the doctor and got his son’s medicine. When Passwan returned the next morning (December 27), he found around 50 people waiting for him outside the house.
After he entered the house and summoned him to come outside, several members of the mob began to cast accusations at him, claiming that he had visited a nearby village to preach about Christ. .
“I showed the mob the medicine the doctor gave for his son and my train ticket for both trips, but Hindu extremists refused to listen,” Paswan said. Ta. “They said, ‘I don’t want to see your evidence’ and attacked him with a wooden stick. “I was kicked, pulled, pushed out of all directions. They beat me mercilessly.”
When Paswan’s wife and son tried to rescue him, the mob also defeated them. His wife suffered an internal injury and his son’s hand was hit with a stick.
Shivpal, a Hindu neighbour who only goes in his name, intervened and urged the violence to contact the police if he was unhappy with Passwan. The mob turned on Shivpal and began attacking him as well.
“I feel very sorry for Shivpal, who suffered some injuries while trying to save my life,” Paswan said.
The mob then dragged Paswan to a nearby Hindu temple where he forced him to surprise him, leaving only a trench of hair on his head, he said. They forced him to repeat slogans such as “Jai Shri Ram (Hail Lord Ram)!” Parades him throughout the village. They applied traditional Hindu marks to his forehead and wrapped saffron cloth around his neck.
“They constantly accused them of performing forced conversions,” Paswan said.
They then took him to a temple 500 metres away, dedicated to the Hindu god Hanuman, where he kneeled in front of the idol, and touched the temple floor with his forehead, he said. They also forced him to recite prayer hymns praise Hanuman. He said when they manipulated Passwan on their way home they pose a threat to kill him.
During the attack and forced procession, the village chief repeatedly called for the Karga police station, but the officers did not respond.
“The police were taking care of them along with the attackers,” Paswan said. “The Hindu extremists instructed the police not to answer calls, so they ignored them.”
The police station in charge visited Passwan at his home around 3pm, hearing his account and asking what he wanted.
“‘I want justice,’ I told the police,” Paswan said.
According to Paswan, when officers went to see Shivpal, Hindu extremists attacked their shoes in the face in the presence of officers, causing Shivpal to inflate their eyes.
Paswan, his wife, Shivpal, was then taken to the police station and registered complaints against Dixit and others.
“While we were at the police station, officers searched the house thoroughly for evidence that would be confiscated as evidence from Bible and Christian literature, but they found nothing,” Paswan said. said.
They were sent to the clinic for a medical check-up.
“Our injuries were internal and the doctors were focused solely on bruises. We were wearing winter clothes so there were few bruises, but there were many internal injuries,” Paswan said. I did.
When he tried to file a complaint with the police station, a small group of Bajran Dal supporters chased them everywhere and threatened them.
“We reported to the officers that we were being chased and threatened, but the officers insisted that he had not seen us,” Paswan said.
They then returned home without complaint, but at 8pm, the station in charge took them to the police station and issued a statement to Passwan to be re-invoked by the police.
“I didn’t know how to write in the formal way, but I just told the case to the policeman who wrote it for me,” Paswan explained.
Officers said they would maintain the parents of four children, ages six to 16, until 10:30pm and receive copies of the FIR, but nothing was provided.
By the next morning, video footage of Paswan’s ordeal had spread to social media, and members of the PASI community began asking for inquiries about the incident. The PASI community that falls under the scheduled caste category in India is recorded as the second largest Dalit community in Uttar Pradesh, according to the 2001 census.
Members of the Pasi community gathered at Paswan’s house and took him to the district magistrate’s office where they protested his abuse and allegedly violated their religious feelings by the way Paswan was humiliated. I have submitted a memorandum.
After considerable effort, the FIR was finally registered at Khaga Police Station on December 28 at 8:11pm against 50 unnamed individuals based on complaints from Dixit, Luvlesh Singh, Somkaran and Paswan. I did.
However, at 8:43pm, Dixit registered another FIR against Passwan (using only his name, Shivbalan) and Shivpal at the same police station. Violation of Peace, and the Illegal Conversion Act of Religion, 2021, under Uttar Pradesh.
On December 29th, police called Paswan to the station to submit some documents, and his wife insisted on going with him. Upon arrival, the couple was detained for hours, threatened in prison and forced to sign a blank sheet of paper that would become a “compromise” agreement with the assailant.
Judicial organisation Chandra from the Allahabad High Court’s Lucknow bench said they would soon approach the Fatepur District Court, secure Paswan’s expected bail and allow them to return home without fear.
Paswan, who previously worked as a blanket weaver, accepted Christianity in 2002 and later left his occupation and devoted himself to missionary work.
“These threats and attacks have never stopped me from pursuing mainly,” Paswan said. “I moved forward with confidence, and the Lord took care of me. I pray that I will be strengthened and that I will receive justice.”
According to religious rights defenders, since Narendra Modi came to power in May 2014, the Indian government’s hostile tone of non-Hindus has encouraged Hindu extremists and others to Christians. I have been encouraging to attack.
India ranked 11th on the 2025 World Watchlist for Open Doors, the Christian aid organization that is the hardest to become a Christian. The country was 31 years old in 2013, but its position deteriorated after Modi came to power.
