Christians in India beaten by Hindu extremists

TEWARDIH, India — Police in India initially declined to take action after Hindu extremists tortured one Christian and severely beat another, sources said. In the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, Hindu extremists in Tewardih, Varanasi, who have long insisted that a 30-year-old convert from Hinduism, Joginder Gold, stop worshipping Christ, took him to a farmhouse April 9 and tortured him.…