Prayer Meeting Attacked, Pastors and Participants Beaten and Jailed

By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service

CHHATTISGARH, INDIA (ANS) — A group of 30 radical Hindus belonging to Shiva Sena (Army of Shiva) and Bajrang Dal, a right-wing Hindu organization which is the youth wing of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), attacked a prayer meeting at Korba in Chhattisgarh on Friday, January 22, 2010, injuring three pastors and a dozen believers.

According the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), an advocacy group, the attack took place at about 8.30 PM as the prayer meeting progressed. Read the rest of this entry »

Christian believer assaulted in Karnataka State, India

By James Varghese, Special Correspondent in India for ASSIST News Service

KARNATAKA, INDIA ANS — Nearly 20 members belonging to the Hindu radical group called Bajrang Dal attacked the house of a Christian believer and accused him of “forceful conversion” at Mangalore in Karnataka state on November 3. Read the rest of this entry »