India, Sept. 15 -- At least 13 people were injured after clashes broke out during a Christian prayer meeting in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur over allegations of religious conversion, police said on Monday.

Sipat police station in-charge Gopal Satpathy said the incident occurred at a house near Mata-Chaura Chowk in Nawadih locality, where more than 150 men, women and children of the Christian community had gathered for prayers on Sunday evening .

"Participants were distributing Bibles and other religious literature when locals informed members of Hindu organisations, including the Bajrang Dal, suspecting that religious conversion was taking place under the garb of the prayer meeting," said Satpathy.

Police claimed that as members of the Hind...