MADUGERE, India — Police in India detained three Christians on Nov. 24 after Hindu extremists falsely accused them of forced conversion in Raghavendra Colony, Madugere, Tumkur District.
The Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) reported that 35 to 40 extremists barged into the rented apartment of Christians identified only as Prabhu, Steven and Shivananda, all workers for Operation Mobilization (OM).
The Hindu hardliners confiscated all Bibles, CDs and gospel tracts and burned them and then took the Christians to the Madugere police station.
Police who searched the apartment found no evidence of forcible conversion, however, and offered protection to the Christians. The next day the extremists again stormed into the apartment, dragging the three Christians outside.
Nearby police took the Christians to the police station, along with the OM director, who had rushed to help them, and nearly 40 Hindu extremists followed demanding that the Christians be arrested for “conversion activities,” mistakenly believing that conversion is illegal in India.
A GCIC representative said the Christians were detained until midnight and released without being charged — after agreeing to vacate the apartment and immediately leave the village.
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