Agra: Around 12 Dalits, who had earlier converted to Christianity, underwent 'ghar wapasi' according to Hindu rituals in Mainpuri. The event, organised by the Bajrang Dal unit of Auchha area in the city, was held to coincide with Christmas.

Talking to TOI, Mainpuri’s Bajrang Dal district convenor Sushil Yadav said, "In 2016, around 40 Dalits were forcibly converted to Christianity on the day of Easter by a group of pastors who had come from outside. Since then we have been in continuous touch with these people and have been trying to convince them about the positive aspects of Hindu religion and culture. Their minds have finally changed and they expressed the desire to re-adopt their own religion. Today a shuddhikaran ceremony and havan was conducted.”

On April 27, 2016, Yadav had received information about the conversions to Christianity. Bajrang Dal and other right-wing activists reached Nagla Ram Singh area to verify the news. After meeting the village pradhan Shailendra Yadav, they reached the house of one Ram Lali.

When they asked the owner of the house if a function was being held to convert people to Christianity, the activists were allegedly attacked by a large number of youths and pelted with stones. A police team rushed to the spot, but those celebrating Easter at the house left soon after. Bajrang Dal had been trying to re-convert the Dalits of the area to Hinduism since then.