India's federal body to protect religious minorities' interests has urged the government in the central Chhattisgarh state to ensure Christians' safety after a right-wing Hindu man allegedly mobilized a movement for anti-Christian genocide. The Feb. 25 letter of the National Commission for Minorities referred to the "disturbing call for violent attacks against Christians" in Chhattisgarh on March 1 and asked the state to protect Christians. "We are relieved now," said A C Michael, the Christian leader who brought the threat to the notice of the quasi-judicial federal body. Michael is the national coordinator of the United Christian Forum, an ecumenical body that records persecution against Christians in India. The commission said Michael highlighted an "incendiary" social media post attributed to Adesh Soni, a self-proclaimed cow protection vigilante, that called for sexually assaulting and murdering Christians in the state. The video also contained a snippet of Soni speaking at a gathering of religious leaders and referring to a planned March 1 rally in the state to protest cow slaughter, it said. The social media post and the snippet of Soni together gave the impression "that he was mobilizing a movement for genocide against Christians," said the letter addressed to the state. The federal body said Soni has