India: Masked Mob Attacked Christian Prayer Meet in Bihar !!
Posted: Tue Jan 30, 2007 4:09 pm
Source: mensdaily
January 29, 2007
Vox Populi
By Paul Ciniraj
Sasaram (Bihar), SVM News, 29 January, 2007: A Christian Prayer fellowship meeting at Sasaram in Rohtas District of Bihar State in India was attacked by suspected Bajrang Dal activists on Sunday, the 28th of January.
Several people injured and were immediately admitted to the hospital.
Witnesses of the attack said that about 40 masked men entered the prayer hall at the time of the worship, beaten the pastor and the believers with sticks and iron pipes and warned against holding similar weekly meetings.
According to K.K. Sharma, the Deputy Superintendent of Police of Sasaram, a group of armed men Sunday attacked the meet at a Christian missionary in Sasaram in Rohtas district, which is about 130 miles away from Patna, the capital city of Bihar. They beat up people present there, tore down posters and burnt Bibles, song books and leaflets. Complaints have been filed against nine Bajrang Dal activists.
“The attackers shouted slogans against the conversion of Hindus to Christianity,” he added.
Bajrang Dal leaders in the district were apparently unhappy over the missionary converting many Dalits. In the last two months, nearly 50 Dalit families have reportedly converted to Christianity.
Rev. Paul Ciniraj, the Chairman of the Christian Ministers of the Churches in India (CMCI) and the Director of the Salem Voice Ministries condemned the attack to the prayer meet at Sasaram.
“Such an attack to the poor Christians and Dalits is a big shame for us Indians which was happened in between the Republic Day of India and the World Peace Day, which is the memorial day of Mahatma Gandhi’s assasination”. Paul Ciniraj said. He asked the Governement of Patna and the Central Government of India to take immediate action to stop the Christian persecution in India.
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January 29, 2007
Vox Populi
By Paul Ciniraj
Sasaram (Bihar), SVM News, 29 January, 2007: A Christian Prayer fellowship meeting at Sasaram in Rohtas District of Bihar State in India was attacked by suspected Bajrang Dal activists on Sunday, the 28th of January.
Several people injured and were immediately admitted to the hospital.
Witnesses of the attack said that about 40 masked men entered the prayer hall at the time of the worship, beaten the pastor and the believers with sticks and iron pipes and warned against holding similar weekly meetings.
According to K.K. Sharma, the Deputy Superintendent of Police of Sasaram, a group of armed men Sunday attacked the meet at a Christian missionary in Sasaram in Rohtas district, which is about 130 miles away from Patna, the capital city of Bihar. They beat up people present there, tore down posters and burnt Bibles, song books and leaflets. Complaints have been filed against nine Bajrang Dal activists.
“The attackers shouted slogans against the conversion of Hindus to Christianity,” he added.
Bajrang Dal leaders in the district were apparently unhappy over the missionary converting many Dalits. In the last two months, nearly 50 Dalit families have reportedly converted to Christianity.
Rev. Paul Ciniraj, the Chairman of the Christian Ministers of the Churches in India (CMCI) and the Director of the Salem Voice Ministries condemned the attack to the prayer meet at Sasaram.
“Such an attack to the poor Christians and Dalits is a big shame for us Indians which was happened in between the Republic Day of India and the World Peace Day, which is the memorial day of Mahatma Gandhi’s assasination”. Paul Ciniraj said. He asked the Governement of Patna and the Central Government of India to take immediate action to stop the Christian persecution in India.
Read this news at the original site: http://salemvoice.org/news130.html