Mob stones and storms St. Louis Catholic Church during prayer convention, Jalalkhali

At about 6 p.m. on Friday, 9 October 2026, a crowd that had gathered outside St. Louis Catholic Church in Jalalkhali, Krishnanagar, Nadia district, alleging religious conversions, pelted stones and forced its way onto the church premises during an annual four-day Santhali prayer convention attended by about 1,900 people. Parish priest Father Jithin Muthukattil told UCA News that about 200 Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists arrived with bricks and bamboo sticks, vandalized makeshift gates and the glass covers of statues, including a statue of Jesus Christ, and beat more than 10 men and women who resisted before police arrived at about 7 p.m. Police said a complaint was received and an investigation is under way; no arrests were reported. The convention was ended early on 10 October.

Mob attack and property damage, mapped to incidentType vandalism. injured uses the six-injured figure in Telegraph India's headline; UCA News quotes the priest as saying more than 10 people were beaten. Coordinates are the Nominatim city pin for Krishnanagar, Nadia (Jalalkhali did not resolve), labeled approximate. Also reported by The Indian Express (https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/kolkata/wet-bengal-nadia-church-vandalism-conversion-allegations-10915748/) and Telegraph India.