A church-run holiday Bible school was disrupted when two men stormed into the Victory and Light Prayer House in Palavanatham village, Virudhunagar District, Tamil Nadu on 1 May.
The annual Bible school was attended by approximately 50 children aged between four and 12. Local sources said that the intruders belonged to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Hindu Munani (Hindu Front).
According to the school’s organiser, John Madhavan, the men trespassed on the property and demanded that the programme be stopped. Reportedly, the men were overbearing and had sharply questioned the children about their caste and prevented anyone from leaving the premises while they alerted the police. The vacation Bible school, which was scheduled to run for six days, was suspended.
