Date: December 16-18
A violent clash erupted between villagers, including Hindu nationalist groups, and the Christian community over the burial of a Christian man. Villagers allegedly warned the family against burying the body of Chamra Ram Salam on their private land in the village due to their religious identity, but the family proceeded with the burial according to Christian rites. Villagers later attempted to exhume the body, triggering violence that injured at least eight people. The administration intervened and, after negotiations, decided to exhume the body and rebury it outside the village under police protection. The situation subsequently escalated, with an armed mob targeting the Christian community, vandalising churches, setting a prayer hall on fire, and attacking police personnel. More than 20 police personnel, including an Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), were injured in the violence and stone-pelting incidents, and the house of a Christian man was set on fire.