Hindu extremists attack jailed Christian in India

BANGALORE, India — A group of about 15 Hindu extremists in the southern state of Karnataka in India entered a jail Aug. 4 and attacked a Christian businessman accused of compelling his wife to commit suicide. About 15 extremists of the Bajrang Dal, a militant Hindu organization, managed to get into the Mardala district jail and brutally beat Chetraven Rajan, said Albert Lael, organizing secretary of the All India Christian Council.

“No jail official came to save the victim,” he said. “Despite the fact that Rajan had several injury marks and said he could identify the attackers, jail authorities refused to register a complaint against the miscreants, nor did they take him to a hospital for treatment.”