Hindu Extremists have attacked two Christian schools and a private Christian gathering in Madhya Pradesh and accused Christians of carrying out "illegal conversions." The Christian community in turn responded with a protest march in Jabalpur demanding justice.

Christians called for the arrest of Dharam Jagran Sena members who staged attacks in Jabalpur on 5, 6 and 7 April 2006. Following the attacks, Rev Kishan Singh led two dozen church members to the police station to protest. There a mob of about 80 people beat them as the police just looked on.

In the attack on 7 April 2006 around 9 pm, "the police stormed a prayer meeting at the residence of an Assemblies of God church member Nitin Bergman," lawyer Ralph Ambereesh Robertson said. Then they took seven Christians who were present there to police station. They were Bergman and his wife Sushma Bergman, Ram Chandra
Pandey and his wife Anju Pandey. Sandeep Singh, Jantika Dan and the Bergmans' maid Sunita Thakur. The police said a complaint had been lodged accusing the seven Christians of illegal conversion under the Madhya Pradesh Dharma Swatantraya Adhiniyam (Freedom of Religion) Act.

When Rev Kishan Singh, pastor of the affected church, heard of the arrest around midnight, he went immediately to the police station with two dozen church members. As they approached the police station, a crowd of about 80 people shouting anti-Christian slogans blocked their way into the station. They started to beat up the Christians using belts as the police looked on. The Christians received internal injuries in the attack, despite the pastor's emotional appeals to the mob to leave them alone.

The victims identified eight of the attackers by name and reported them to Superintendent of Police Srinivas Rao. But the police failed to arrest any of the attackers. Instead they were trying to investigate allegations against the Christians. In a memorandum submitted to District Collector Sanjay Dubey, the Christian community called for the arrest of Dharam Jagran Sena members involved in the attacks.

In earlier attacks, DJS members stormed Christ Church Boys School at Thaiyavali Chowk on 6 April 2006, protesting against not closing the school to mark Ram Navmi, a Hindu festival.

The DJS members physically assaulted a teacher and threatened principal Ladly Matthew. They also shouted slogans accusing Christians of being "anti-national" and not concerned about the feelings of Hindus. The school resumed classes after the interruption and chose not to lodge a complaint.

On 5 April 2006, extremists of the same group barged into Christian High School operated by the Methodist Church of India at Naudara Bridge, accusing the school staff of forced conversions.

Ramakant Mishra, a former teacher of the school, arrived before the extremists and began shouting that he had been forced to convert to Christianity. Mishra had earlier lodged a complaint against the school staff in 2002, alleging that they were attempting to convert him. An investigation by the police and the Madhya Pradesh State Minorities Commission found the allegation false.

When the State Government stopped funds for English-medium schools in 2002, Mishra was one of several teachers who lost their jobs. He was later re-employed, but according to the school staff, he regularly threatened to implicate the school in a false case if he was not promoted.