India: no more justice
Morning Star News
Under pressure from an official in the ruling
Hindu nationalist political party, police
in Uttar Pradesh state released a suspect
without charges over the attempted killing
of a pastor in May.
‘When we entered the police station for
the identification process, the attacker was
treated like a VIP, not as a criminal,’ said
Deepak Kumar, the brother-in-law of the
pastor. ‘He was released the same day, even
after we insisted that he is the one.’
India: counted worthy
Morning Star News
A pastor in northern India, who was beaten
and paraded through streets with his head half-shaved as crowds called for him to be cut to
pieces, said he is thankful that he was counted
worthy to suffer for the name of Christ.
On 29 January, Hindu extremists posing
as policemen picked up Avdhesh Savita, a
35-year-old father of four, from his home in
Rendhar village in Uttar Pradesh state and
took him to Orai, Jalaun District. They beat
him, shaved half of his head, one eyebrow
and one side of his moustache, and put him
on a donkey as they led him in a procession
through Orai. They and others in the frenzied crowd mocked him,
falsely accusing
him of forcible conversion.