Hindu extremists lock Pastor in room and leave him to die as punishment for sharing the Gospel
A pastor in northeast India has been rescued after a gang of radical Hindus locked him in a room and left him to die because he was distributing Gospel tracts, Morning Star News reports. Pastor Shelton Vishwanathan was accosted by six men who knocked him unconscious and imprisoned him in a room in Bihar state’s Sheohar District on October 5.
Describing the ordeal to Morning Star News, Pastor Vishwanathan said he remembered being approached by the Hindu extremists while he was on his scooter. “They punched my back and told me that they would offer me as a sacrifice to their deity as a punishment for distributing gospel tracts [in Tiryani village],” he told Morning Star News. “They struck severe blows on my head so that I soon fainted.”...
