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Tolerant India: Christians Report Attack; Police Arrest Christians, Not Attackers
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Christian Families are being hounded by Hindu Radicals in Karnataka
ICC Note:
Frequently, in India those who attack Christians get away scott-free while the Christians who were attacked either get no help from the police, or get punished themselves. This case is no different. Hindu radicals interrupted a prayer meeting and beat up the Christians. When the pastor went to report the incident, the police took no action. The Hindu radicals, however went to the police and accused the six Christian families of forcibly converting people away from Hinduism. The police, of course, went and arrested all six families. When will the instigators be held responsible and the further abuse of victims end?
07/25/2012 India (CPUI)-...On Sunday, 22-7-12, evening, at about 7 pm, one of the believers, one Lokappa organized a prayer meeting at his residence which was attended by 10 other members of their congregation. Just as they began their prayer service, about 20 Sangh parivarists accompanied by some villagers, forcibly entered the house and attacked them. They beat them up and abused them using obscene language alleging that they were fraudulently converting Hindus to Christianity. Three among them, Lokappa Badagar, Sagarappa Badagar, and Kamalavva Badagar were wounded and were treated at the Gadag Government Hospital. In the meantime the radicals lodged a complaint against them at the Gadag Town Police Station alleging that they were involved in fraudulent conversion work of Hindus to Christianity.
On Monday, 23rd July, some pastors, accompanied by a few believers, went to the same police station and also lodged a complaint against the previous night attack. Though the police accepted the complaint, they did not initiate any action against the attackers. The tension continued between the two communities in the village. The GCIC got in touch with both the police as well as the believers and tried to resolve the issue.
Again on Tuesday, 24the July, the Bajrang Dal and VHP activists followed up with the case at the Gadag Town Police Station and pressurized the police to file charges against the Christians and debar and send away 6 Christian families permanently from the village because of their conversion work. The police yielding to the pressures by the radicals, arrested 14 members belonging to the following 6 families 1) Lokappa Badagar family, 2) Laxman Badagar family. 3) Thakur Badagar family, 4) Vasu Naik family, 5) Sagarappa family, and 6) Kamalavva Badagar family, charging them all under Sections - 506, 504, 324, 242,320 and 107 of IPC. They were arrested at about 1 pm and produced before the magistrate at 3.30 pm and were bailed out at 4.30 pm.
However, the police persisted on keeping them in the police station till 10 pm in the night before they were actually allowed to go home. The Police Sub Inspector, Prashanth Kaurave, it is learnt, has ordered them to come to the police station again today, 25-7-12, for further inquiry to find out as to when and where they had embraced Christianity. The GCIC continues to be in touch with them. Please pray for them.
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Christian Families are being hounded by Hindu Radicals in Karnataka
ICC Note:
Frequently, in India those who attack Christians get away scott-free while the Christians who were attacked either get no help from the police, or get punished themselves. This case is no different. Hindu radicals interrupted a prayer meeting and beat up the Christians. When the pastor went to report the incident, the police took no action. The Hindu radicals, however went to the police and accused the six Christian families of forcibly converting people away from Hinduism. The police, of course, went and arrested all six families. When will the instigators be held responsible and the further abuse of victims end?
07/25/2012 India (CPUI)-...On Sunday, 22-7-12, evening, at about 7 pm, one of the believers, one Lokappa organized a prayer meeting at his residence which was attended by 10 other members of their congregation. Just as they began their prayer service, about 20 Sangh parivarists accompanied by some villagers, forcibly entered the house and attacked them. They beat them up and abused them using obscene language alleging that they were fraudulently converting Hindus to Christianity. Three among them, Lokappa Badagar, Sagarappa Badagar, and Kamalavva Badagar were wounded and were treated at the Gadag Government Hospital. In the meantime the radicals lodged a complaint against them at the Gadag Town Police Station alleging that they were involved in fraudulent conversion work of Hindus to Christianity.
On Monday, 23rd July, some pastors, accompanied by a few believers, went to the same police station and also lodged a complaint against the previous night attack. Though the police accepted the complaint, they did not initiate any action against the attackers. The tension continued between the two communities in the village. The GCIC got in touch with both the police as well as the believers and tried to resolve the issue.
Again on Tuesday, 24the July, the Bajrang Dal and VHP activists followed up with the case at the Gadag Town Police Station and pressurized the police to file charges against the Christians and debar and send away 6 Christian families permanently from the village because of their conversion work. The police yielding to the pressures by the radicals, arrested 14 members belonging to the following 6 families 1) Lokappa Badagar family, 2) Laxman Badagar family. 3) Thakur Badagar family, 4) Vasu Naik family, 5) Sagarappa family, and 6) Kamalavva Badagar family, charging them all under Sections - 506, 504, 324, 242,320 and 107 of IPC. They were arrested at about 1 pm and produced before the magistrate at 3.30 pm and were bailed out at 4.30 pm.
However, the police persisted on keeping them in the police station till 10 pm in the night before they were actually allowed to go home. The Police Sub Inspector, Prashanth Kaurave, it is learnt, has ordered them to come to the police station again today, 25-7-12, for further inquiry to find out as to when and where they had embraced Christianity. The GCIC continues to be in touch with them. Please pray for them.
