JABALPUR: A church and a school premises were vandalized and some members of the Christian community assaulted and threatened allegedly by activists of right wing Hindu outfits Dharma Sena and Bajrang Dal who accused them of carrying out conversion at Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh.
Police have booked leader of Dharma Sena, Yogesh Agarwal, and some others in connection with the incident that took place on March 20, but no arrests have been made so far.
"Dharma Sena leader Yogesh Agrawal and Raju Rai and a few others have been booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and efforts are on to track down and arrest them," Jabalpur Superintendent of Police HC Mishra told PTI today.
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The church authorities claimed that the attackers, who included activists of the Bajrang Dal, stormed into a Cathedral premises and a school housing a grotto with St Mary's idol, alleging religious conversion had been taking place there.
They broke earthen pots and and shattered glass panes of windows at the parsonage, accusing vicar Father Thankachan Jose of converting the Hindus to Christianity.
Ravi Francis, who claimed that he was present at the spot, said he was roughed up by a group of Dharma Sena and Bajrang Dal activists after they stormed into the Saint Thomas School campus where some people who had come to take part in a convention had been staying.
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When Fr Thankachan and police officials were holding talks with lead
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