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Catholic school in India’s Madhya Pradesh state attacked

The attackers claimed that the school is involved in "religious conversion"

December 7, 2021

India school — A mob of more than 500 people enter the St Joseph’s School at Ganj Basoda in Vidisha district in Madhya Pradesh on Dec. 6, 2021. (Photo from Matters India)

A mob of more than 500 people attacked a Catholic school in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh on Monday, December 6.

The attackers claimed that the school is involved in “religious conversion.”

Brother Antony Pynumkal, principal of St Joseph’s School at Ganj Basoda in Vidisha district, told Matters India that the allegation was “fake and baseless.”

The Malabar Missionary Brother said the school received a memorandum on November 30 from local Hindu groups alleging conversion of students.

The school management informed the police who deployed two officers in the school premises.

Read full story on Matters India

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