Police and news media further joined forces with Hindu extremists in attacks in southern India, including one where a mob terrorised children in a Sunday School.
In Tamil Nadu state, Pastor Selva Raj was leading a worship service in Amathur village, Virudhunagar District, when a mob of some 300 Hindu extremists charged in and demanded that they vacate the building immediately.
Members of the extremist Hindu Munnani destroyed a shed in front of the building and began threatening the children gathered for Sunday School in foul language.
Robbed and scared
‘They took away the Bible storybooks and some song and activity books from the children and tore them into pieces. They scared the children away by telling them that they will be beaten up if they are seen in the church premises ever again,’ Pastor Raj said.
As he was trying to calm the children, police arrived and told him that a complaint had been filed against him, and that he should go with them to the police station. Upon arrival, a huge mob of hard-line Hindus had already gathered, demanding that he promise in writing that he would leave the village and never return.
