DEHRADUN, India — Hindu nationalist extremists belonging to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad organization, Bajrang Dal organization and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) attacked a Christian prayer meeting June 22, beating participants and the pastor in Krishnagar, Dehradun city.
The extremists stormed Pastor Jonathan Singh’s Sunday prayer meeting and beat him and other participants. As the women and children in the assembly ran off, the extremists caught Singh, dragged him to his rented home some distance away and ordered the landlord to throw out his belongings. The extremists ordered Singh to leave Dehradun.
A delegation of Christian leaders went to Garhi Cantonment police station, where the officer-in-charge declined to register a First Information Report, instead advising them to contact local BJP legislator Harbans Kapoor, who is also speaker of the state assembly. Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police Amit Sinha said he would look into the matter.
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