Dehradun: The Hindutva terrorists vandalised a church and injured several Christians in Indian disturbed state Uttarakhand.
Over 200 men and women of Hindutva right-wing groups, vandalised a church in Roorkee-Dehradun area of the state. Several people who had assembled for morning prayers in the church were injured.
According to the FIR registered by Prio Sadhana Lanse, the church pastor’s wife said that over 200 men and women belonging to the local Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal and Bharatiya Janata Party’s youth wing, barged into the church and started vandalising it and beat up the churchgoers.
The armed mob with iron roads, destroyed chairs, tables, musical instruments and photographs that were in the church.
Speaking to media, Lanse said that the attackers went on a rampage and smashed everything that came in their way.
“The frenzied mob, shouting slogans like ‘Vande mataram’ and ‘Bharat mata ki jai’, barged into the church, which is on the first floor of the building,” Lanse said. “They started beating our volunteers and the women attackers bashed up our womenfolk.”
The vandalism went on for over 40 minutes and Rajat, a church volunteer, suffered serious head injuries. He has been shifted to a Dehradun government hospital where his condition is stated to be critical.
Lanse also said that the women present, including her daughter Pearl, were inappropriately touched by the attackers. Another church follower, Akshi Chauhan, confirmed this. “I saw that an aged man had forcibly hugged Pearl and she was struggling to free herself. When I went to rescue her (Pearl), an attacker asked me what I, being a Hindu, was doing in the church,” Chauhan told the press. The Hindu terrorist then dragged Chauhan away by her hair and beat her. Web Desk
