Since Modi assumed office in 2014, there have been 147 reported incidents of violence targeting Christians. This data reached 687 in 2023, according to an anonymous Church leader.
Jesuit Father Fulgence Lakra, a lawyer, said, "The Sessions Court of Jashpur accepted their bail applications for 15,000 rupees each," and they were released in the evening.
The Christians in the North Indian state of Uttarpradesh have approached the police Chief of Varanasi and the State Government seeking protection against misuse of anti-conversion laws by ‘fanatic groups of the majority religious community’ of the State.