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Pastors beaten up by RSS men in Madhya Pradesh |
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Thursday, 30 November 2006 |
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 Pastor Hatey Singh Gundiya and Pastor Gokul Gundiya were attacked and beaten up by a mob of Rashtriya Swaymsevak Sangh (RSS) activists on 30 November 2006 at about 10 am.
This took place at the bus stand in Khardu near Umria village where the Pastors had come to take a bus to Jhabua. They were going to Jhabua to sell peanuts in the market as part of their family responsibility. Jhabua is about 15 km from this place.
When the pastors were waiting for the bus to arrive, Karmu Damor and Mukesh Nath from that area and active RSS members arrived along with seven more people and started abusing the Pastors, for they knew that Hatey Singh and Gokul had been Christians for about 10 years.
They questioned them as to what the pastors were doing in their area. When the pastors said they were not there to preach but to go to Jhabua to sell peanuts, Karmu Damor and Mukesh Nath attacked them without provocation with bamboo sticks. They beat them while their friends surrounded the Pastors.
Hatey Singh was badly hurt on his hands and feet as a result of the beating, while Gokul was hurt on his eyes. His eyes were swollen as a result of the beatings, though he was still able to see.
Only when the people in the bus stand who also knew the pastors objected to the beatings did the RSS activists stop their manhandling. But they were still threatening them when the bus arrived. As soon as that happened Gokul and Hatey Singh got on to the bus to escape but the RSS activists not only pursued the bus but also made it stop in order to beat them again. But they were unable to enter the bus because of the fear of passengers.
Local pastor friends took Hatey Singh and Gokul to the police station in Jhabua where an FIR has been lodged against the attackers under sections 323 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code. The police also sent them for medical examination.
(Source: Compass Direct) |
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