Hindu Radicals Attack Church, Seriously Injure 11 Christians

By Jeremy Reynalds, Correspondent for ASSIST News Service

WASHINGTON D.C. (ANS) – Hindu extremists recently attacked a Christian prayer meeting in Udaipur, Rajastha (India), leaving 11 Christians with serious injuries.

International Christian Concern (ICC), a human rights group, reported in a news release that on Jan. 17 at about 11 PM local time, members of Rashtriya Swayamsavak Sangh (a Hindu extremist group) stormed the Faith Calvary Church (FCC) prayer meeting armed with machetes, axes and sticks. They beat Pastor Surajth Bhagari and church members.

The Director and Founder of FCC, Dr. T.M. Omkar, told ICC that the Christians suffered broken legs, arms and injuries to their heads. The victims were taken to a nearby government hospital where they were only partially treated.

“We felt that the hospital administration was pressured by some group who are keen to create trouble for the Christians. We are taking the matter to the court,” ICC reported Omkar said

ICC said the Christians filed a police complaint on the day of the attacks, but no First Information Report (a report written by the police when they investigate a crime) was registered.

The complaint was again filed on Jan. 19, and this time the First Information Report was registered by Gordhan Bilas Police Station. An officer from the police station told ICC that his office will protect the Christians from further attacks.

ICC said police arrested six Hindu extremists under the Indian Penal Code for rioting, being armed with deadly weapons, house trespass and other issues.

ICC said the alleged perpetrators bonded out from jail the same day.

ICC’s Regional Manger for Africa and South Asia, Jonathan Racho said in a news release, “We condemn the attacks on Faith Calvary Church by Hindu radicals. We urge Indian officials to take protective measures against the widespread attacks on Christian minorities by Hindu radicals.”

ICC is a Washington-DC based human rights organization that exists to help persecuted Christians worldwide.

Tags: International Christian Concern, Rajastha, Udaipur

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