The Diocese of Balasore in Odisha is reeling after two Catholic priests, two nuns, and a catechist were violently attacked by a mob of around 70 Bajrang Dal members near Gangadhar village in Jaleswar Parish on August 6.
On Good Friday, April 7, 2023, Muslim gunmen attacked an elementary school building in the village of Ngban that houses approximately 100 displaced Christian farmers and their families and killed dozens.