Saturday, April 28, 2012

Hindu Villagers Attack Mourners in India

Champa Pawar, Jaikant Pawar's widow.
Hindu Villagers Attack Mourners in India: "Assailants in Chhattisgarh state try to prevent burial of Christian.

NEW DELHI, April 27 (CDN) — Hindu extremists trying to stop the burial of a convert to Christianity last week in Chhattisgarh state beat a pastor and other Christians, including children and two 60-year-old women who fell unconscious, sources told Compass.


Jaikant Pawar, 31, of Balgal village, Kanker district, died on April 20 en route to a hospital; an asthma sufferer, he had complained of chest pains. When more than 40 Christians at the family’s house were taking his body out for burial, Hindu villagers who had surrounded the house stopped them."

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