Owner Of Christian Missionary Hospital Was Represented By Congress Leaders In Conversion Case, Seven People Died

A Christian missionary hospital in Damoh city, Madhya Pradesh, run by Pastor Ajai Lall, is under investigation after at least 7 people died during heart surgeries. The surgeries were reportedly performed by Narendra Yadav (also called Dr. N John Kem), who is accused of pretending to be a cardiologist.

The deaths have caused a lot of attention. It is also being questioned how Narendra Yadav was hired and allowed to perform surgeries at the hospital.

Pastor Ajai Lall had been represented in the Supreme Court by Congress leaders, including Vivek Tankha and Kapil Sibal. In 2023, Kapil Sibal requested the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) to be included in the case. Ajai Lall is currently out of India and was seen with another Congress leader, Ajay Singh.

The case against Ajai Lall

In November 2022, it was reported that a Dalit couple and their families were forcefully converted to Christianity by Pastor Ajai Lall. The victims said they were harassed by Church officials. They explained that the Church gave them Rs 1,20,000 during the conversion and told them to stop following the Hindu religion and attend Church services. However, when they stopped attending the Church, the authorities started threatening them, saying they would take back the money they had given, with four times the interest.

Around the same time, Priyank Kanoongo, the chairperson of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR), filed a complaint against 10 members of the Christian organization Mid India Christian Society, which is run by Ajai Lall. In his complaint, Kanoongo said that several Hindu children living in the children’s home of the society were being converted to Christianity and were being encouraged to quit their studies. The children were also being promised that they could become pastors in the future if they followed the Church.