In Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, several Hindu employees working at St. Aloysius School, a Christian missionary school, were allegedly pressured to convert to Christianity. The victims belonged to the Dalit community and were repeatedly asked to attend church prayers and embrace Christianity. Employees who refused to convert were threatened with dismissal and, in several cases, removed from their jobs after refusing to comply. The incident sparked protests by Hindu organisations and prompted an official inquiry into the matter, as reported in Hinduphobia Tracker.
According to the protesters, the conversion pressure was not limited to a single employee but extended to multiple Hindu staff members working at the institution.
According to media reports, the religious coercion had been taking place for several months. One of the Hindu victims, Rajesh Kumar, a sanitation worker who had been employed at the school for the past 12 years, stated that for the previous three months, beginning in April 2026, he had been under continuous pressure to attend church regularly and convert to Christianity. He stated that employees who refused to convert were threatened with termination and ultimately dismissed from their jobs. He further stated that he, too, was removed from his job after refusing to convert.
Another workplace. Another Hindu. Another case of conversion pressure.
At St. Aloysius School in Jabalpur, Hindu employees were pressured to convert to Christianity and attend church prayers. Those who refused were threatened with dismissal, and some were fired. pic.twitter.com/90zsHCCWZx
— Hinduphobia Tracker (@hinduphobia_tr) July 15, 2026
Disturbed by the coercion, some of the affected Hindu employees approached a Hindu organisation and informed its members about the conversion pressure and threats of dismissal.
Following these complaints, around 50 activists from Hindu organisations reached the school premises on 14 July 2026 and staged a protest against the alleged forced conversion of Hindu employees. The protesters attempted to enter the school campus, but police personnel deployed at the site stopped them from doing so. This led to a scuffle between the protesters and the police, during which vandalism occurred at certain locations within the school premises. The situation on the campus remained tense for nearly an hour.
Police personnel from Vijay Nagar, Madhotal and several neighbouring police stations were subsequently deployed to the school to bring the situation under control. The protesters were subsequently removed from the premises. Following the demonstration, Hindu organisations warned that they would launch another protest if similar complaints of religious conversion surfaced in the future.
Police officials stated that they had received information that sanitation workers at the school were being pressured to convert to Christianity. The District Education Officer subsequently constituted an inquiry committee to investigate the matter.
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