Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Indian Christians Arrested on False Charges

http://www.christianpost.com/article/20090721/indian-christians-arrested-on-false-charges/index.html

[The Christian Post] 22 July 2009--There were reportedly two separate arrests made against Christians in the southern state of Karnataka this week.

In the first incident, one pastor and two church elders from the Pentecostal Mission in Mulaykatta, Shimoga district, were arrested on false conversion charges on July 19.

According to the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), Pastor Chinnadurai, Glory and Baby Kutty were arrested while praying for a family Sunday evening.

Before the arrests, a Hindu radical group barged into “Shantamma’s house and started threatening the pastor and the two ladies," GCIC reported. Later, the advocacy group informed the Shimoga Rural Police Station which then ensured the safety of the Christians.

"While the officials at the station were investigating the matter, they were pressurized by the local radical groups who demanded that the three be booked for forceful conversion under Sections 295 A, 143 and 149," GCIC said.

The pastor and the two ladies spent the night in jail. They were released on bail on July 20.

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