More Persecution in India

Our good friends at Compass Direct have been following a lot of the recent news coming from India concerning Christian persecution.  Here are only a few of the recent stories.  Please make sure to check out the Compass Direct website for more news.

Karnataka – Representatives of the Pastors’ Fellowship of Bangalore and Mysore met with police on June 4 to request the withdrawal of false charges against the wife of a pastor assaulted in May. Both Pastor Hosula Raj of Pandavapura village, Mandya district, and his wife Geeta had been charged with outraging religious feelings and aiding and abetting forced conversion after a mob of around 30 Hindu extremists attacked their church. Raj’s wife and their 18-month-old son Joshua have moved to a safer location since the charges were filed, said Dr. Sajan K. George of the Global Council of Indian Christians. “Circle Inspector Sibbalangappa was very hostile to our request,” Pastor J. Jacob of the Pastors’ Fellowship told Compass. “He angrily questioned us about the whereabouts of Geeta and her son and asked why, if Geeta and Hosula Raj were innocent, they had not filed a counter-complaint against the extremists.” Ironically, “it was Sibbalangappa himself who refused to register our own complaint when the attack took place,” Jacob added. – NC