In yet another episode of violence over the burial rights of Christians in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar region, a mob in Kanker district vandalised a prayer hall on Thursday (December 18, 2025). Several people, including police personnel, sustained injuries in intermittent clashes over the past three days.

According to eyewitnesses, tensions had been building over the past few days in Bade Teoda village in Antagarh tehsil of Kanker after the father of the village sarpanch, Rajman Salam, was buried on village land on Tuesday (December 16, 2025).