KARNATAKA, India — A mob of about 50 Hindu extremists broke up a prayer meeting held for the HIV-positive and the blind, according to the Karnataka Legal Aid Cell. Led by the president of the local Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, the attackers destroyed the dinner prepared for the worshippers and attempted to capture the pastor, identified as Raju.
They forced four worshippers, at least one of them blind, to the Arasikere Police Station, and filed a complaint accusing the pastor of forcible conversions to Christianity. The four Christians were detained through the night. Christian leaders in the area have intervened to defend the believers.
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