Sunday, August 20, 2006

Hindus Attack a Jailed Christian

I've been told that Hindus don't force their religion on others, I guess they just don't want Christians to practice their religion and will stop them, forcefully if necessary:

"About 15 extremists of the Bajrang Dal [a militant Hindu organization], seemingly in connivance with jail authorities, managed to get into the Mardala district jail and brutally beat up Chetraven Rajan, owner of a company making sweets," Albert Lael, organizing secretary of the All India Christian Council (AICC), told Compass. "No jail official came to save the victim."

Lael said Hindu extremist groups had long been threatening Rajan, who has been involved in Christian and social work especially among Dalits.

The attack came to light only when Rajan's relatives visited him in jail and noticed marks on his body.

"Despite the fact that Rajan had several injury marks and said he could identify the attackers, jail authorities refused to register a complaint against the miscreants, nor did they take him to a hospital for treatment," added the AICC leader.

After state Christian leaders insisted on giving protection to the victim against further attacks, however, authorities shifted him to the Mysore jail.
Pray for the Christians of India as they have to deal with Muslims and Hindus and a government that refuses to protect them.