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Memorandum submitted to DGP, Home Department and Genral Manager of Central Railway
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HJS warns of public agitation if action is not taken within 15 days
Mumbai – A shocking revelation has come to light regarding the suburban railway network of Mumbai, widely regarded as the ‘lifeline’ for lakhs of working-class commuters. The suburban trains are reportedly becoming active centres for serious and antisocial activities. Severe public outrage is being expressed by passengers over a secret ‘conversion campaign’ run by Christian missionaries and instances of open ‘hypocrisy’ on trains, particularly on the ‘AC’ local trains operating on the Panvel–CSMT route.
Pamphlets put up by Christian missionaries in ‘AC’ local trains and other railway local trains with the intention of religious conversion !
Mumbai Local becoming a hub for conversion activities and fraudulent practices; register cases against main operators or face public… pic.twitter.com/fPtCTXvilN
— Sunil Ghanwat 🛕🛕 (@SG_HJS) June 20, 2026
Taking these occurrences with utmost seriousness, the Hindu Janajagruti Samiti (HJS) has dispatched a detailed memorandum to the Director General of Police (DGP) of the State, the Home Department, and the General Manager of Central Railway. The Samiti has demanded that criminal cases be registered immediately against the masterminds orchestrating these activities, as well as the printing presses responsible for publishing their promotional material. Furthermore, a direct ultimatum has been issued to the administration, warning that a massive public agitation will be launched if concrete steps are not taken within the next 15 days.
According to the memorandum, a well-planned web of religious conversion is being spread inside railway compartments by taking undue advantage of the emotional and mental vulnerabilities of distressed passengers. Pamphlets bearing highly emotional titles such as “Do you want a lifeline?” and “Jesus is God” are being systematically distributed inside the coaches to allegedly ‘brainwash’ dejected or troubled commuters. This exposes a vast network, which traps unsuspecting passengers into the conversion net by providing specific website addresses, such as ‘ThisLoveStory.org’, on these printed advertisements. Such blatant misuse of railway public property is entirely unacceptable.
Alongside this conversion campaign, the compartments are flooded with advertisements that actively promote blind faith and superstition. Unscientific and fraudulent claims are being made through posters of Christian missionary fathers’ “healing sessions” (Changai Sabhas), falsely promising to cure terminal and critical illnesses like cancer through mere prayers. Additionally, misleading advertisements by figures such as ‘Bengali Baba’, promising “100% Vashikaran” (hypnotic control) and remedies for love affairs, are financially exploiting vulnerable passengers. Despite these offences being strictly non-bailable under the Anti-Superstition and Black Magic Act, the Railway Administration has remained a mute spectator.
Speaking on the matter, Shri Sunil Ghanwat, the State Organiser of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti for Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, stated that instead of relying on superficial or cosmetic measures, the authorities must now take decisive action against the root causes. He asserted that the Railways must immediately introduce a dedicated ‘WhatsApp Helpline’ to enable passengers to file instantaneous complaints. Furthermore, he demanded the deployment of special plain-clothes railway security teams to catch these elements red-handed.
Shri. Ghanwat also demanded that the cyber police conduct a rigorous investigation into the phone numbers and websites provided in these advertisements to track down, identify, and register criminal cases against the concerned institutions, missionary fathers, and fraudulent babas, alongside cancelling their operational licences.
HJS has additionally demanded that the Railway Administration publish a comprehensive White Paper detailing exactly what punitive actions have been taken against such unauthorised advertisements over the past five years.
