The last few weeks have been filled with tons of news regarding Christian persecution in India. Here's another story from our friends at Compass Direct. For the full story, click here.
(Compass Direct News) – Six Hindu nationalist extremists stormed a house church, abducted two Christians and severely beat them last Thursday (January 17) in Madhya Pradesh state’s Rewa district. Brandishing swords, knives, tridents and sticks, the alleged members of the Hindu extremist Bajrang Dal arrived on three motorbikes at a house church prayer meeting in Pathigaon village, Naigadi area, and began forcing Vijaya Kumar Maurya and Keera Lal to come with them to a police station at around 8 a.m., said the Rev. Augustine Jebakumar of GEMS, an indigenous Christian organization with headquarters in Bihar state. The Hindu extremists beat the two Christians, took them to a jungle, and beat them again. “While two of the kidnappers left half way, the other four took us to a temple on a mountain, known as Sahaki Pahar, which is about six kilometers from Pathigaon village,” Maurya told Compass. “They said they were going to sacrifice us to the god of the temple. But they received a phone call and were warned that a police complaint had been lodged. This is why they did not kill us.”
