Trans World Radio worker shot to death in India

RANCHI, India — Local villagers in Jharkhand state arranged for a Christian worker, Ajay Topno, to be shot to death in September for converting three tribal families to Christianity, according to local police.
The 38-year-old Topno, who worked for Christian media organization Trans World Radio, was found dead with bullet wounds Sept. 19 in a jungle near Sahoda village, in the Ranchi district of Jharkhand state.

“At least three tribal families in Sahoda village had converted to Christianity, which infuriated some local villagers, who held a meeting with each other and decided to ‘reconvert’ those families to Hinduism,” Inspector Rajesh Mandal of the Lapung police station said.
“After reconverting the Christian families, the villagers arranged for Topno’s killing through a local criminal, who shot him dead,” he explained.