Hindutva group assaults Odisha Pastor, forces him to Eat cow dung and chant ‘Jai Sree Ram’

Pastor Assaulted Amid Allegations of Insulting Hindu Deities and Forced Conversions in Odisha.

Odisha Pastor Accused of Abusing Lord Jagannath, Gau Mata; Mob Forces Him to Eat Cow Dung, Chant ‘Jai Shri Ram’, "Jai Gau Mata' in Dhenkanal.  Sambit Mahapatra | HENB | Dhenkanal, Odisha | Jan 2026:: A violent incident involving the assault and public humiliation of a Christian pastor in Odisha’s Dhenkanal district has triggered intense…

Hindutva group assaults Odisha Pastor, forces him to Eat cow dung and chant ‘Jai Sree Ram’

As attacks against the Christian community have increased across the country, a pastor from Odisha’s Dhenkanal district was brutally assaulted, forced to chant Jai Sree Ram, and made to eat cow dung by members of the Bajrang Dal. The incident, which took place on January 4 (Sunday), came to light recently. Pastor Bipin Bihari Naik, along with his wife and a few others, was attending a prayer meeting at a house in Parjang village when a mob of ar…