Christians live in fear amid claims of ‘forced conversions’
Oct 15, 2021
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By Hannah Ellis-Petersen CHHATTISGARH
It was a stifling July afternoon when the crowd moved into the small district of Lakholi, in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh, and gathered outside the house of Tameshwar Sahu.
A 55-year-old volunteer with the home guard who had begun following Christianity more than five years previously, Sahu had never had issues with his neighbours.
But more than 100 people had descended from surrounding villages and were shouting Hindu nationalist slogans outside his door.
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