 In 2009, the "Assam Times" reported that a group of Hmar militants with about 15 members calling themselves the Manmasi National Christian Army, tried to force Hindu residents of Bhuvan Pahar, Assam to convert to Christianity.Indian Hindus have alleged that "radical Christian groups" in Odisha have forced Christian converts from Hinduism to "revert" to Hinduism.These "religious riots" were largely between two tribal groups in Odisha, one of which was predominantly Hindu and the other was predominantly Christian, over the assassination of a Hindu leader named Swami Lakshmanananda by Maoists who were operating as terrorist groups in India (see Naxalite).