![]() ![]() However, after the police arrived on the scene, they filed a case against Pastor Chandrakanth, not the mob, for disturbing the peace. The radicals want to wipe out Christianity from this area and they think it is easy under the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) government, presently ruling the state.” “The congregation stood before me as a human fence,” the pastor was quoted as saying. After the mob stormed the worship hall, church members formed a human barrier between their pastor and the radical Hindus. ![]() 7, about 40 radical Hindu nationalists had attacked Pastor Chandrakanth and his congregation during a worship service. 13, the day they went to the local magistrate’s office in the southern Indian state of Karnataka for peace talks on behalf of the Christian community and Pastor Chandrakanth, who had been told to appear before the official that day, according to the U.S.-based persecution watchdog International Christian Concern which didn't disclose the exact location. Police filed a case against the 16 pastors on Nov. Sixteen pastors have been falsely accused of disturbing the peace because they met with an official regarding the case of another pastor who had also been charged with “disturbing peace” after radical Hindu nationalists attacked his church. A religious cross is captured through some ornamental railings in the Fort Kochi area in the state of Kerala in South India. ![]()
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