2 Indian Pastors Share Testimonies of Police Inaction Toward Christian Persecution
Christians in Bihar state, India are afraid to report attacks by Hindu militant organizations to the police, according to two pastors, one who had his hand and foot fractured when extremists attacked him.
Pastor Shelton Viswanathan, 46, was trailed by assailants on motorbikes on June 23 while on his way to deliver gospel tracts in Sheohar district near the border with Bangladesh and Nepal, where he had felt called to serve in 2003.
“I slowed down my scooter, moved it to the other end of the road and pulled away, but they pushed me with such great force that I fell on the road,” Viswanathan, who pastors a home church of eighteen people, told Morning Star News of the youth, who turned out to be part of the extremist outfit Bajrang Dal and posted an extremist sticker on his scooter after beating him up....
Paul Fountain | 1/30/2009
