New Delhi: The United Christian Forum (UCF), a human rights group based in New Delhi, has said that since January, at least 400 acts of violence against Christians took place across 23 states in India, the Siasat Daily reported.
The human rights body said the number has increased from 2022 when 274 occurrences were reported over the same time period.
In the first half of 2023, Uttar Pradesh topped the list with 155 incidents, followed by Chhattisgarh (84), Jharkhand (35), Haryana (32), Madhya Pradesh (21), Punjab (12), Karnataka (10), Bihar (nine), Jammu and Kashmir (eight), and Gujarat (seven).
In UP, Jaunpur reported the most number of cases of violence against Christians with 13 such occurrences, followed by Raebareli and Sitapur, with 11 incidents each.
Kanpur recorded ten instances, while Azamgarh and Kushinagar districts reported nine cases each.
According to the Christian body, June saw the highest number of attacks against the minority community with a total of 88 incidents or an average of three occurrences per day.
Several instances were also recorded in Uttarakhand, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Delhi, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chandigarh, and Goa, the body said in its press release.
The forum pointed out a consistent increase in the number of incidents of violence against Christians since 2014…
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