Christians can't pray in peace! Alleging conversion, mob vandalises prayer service

NT Correspondent

Durg, Chhattisgarh: About 30 to 40 members of a Hindutva group on Sunday allegedly disrupted a Christian prayer service and vandalised the venue in Chhattisgarh’s Durg district. The incident took place in Amleshwar village, part of Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel’s Assembly constituency of Patan, after the mob accused Christians of religious conversion.

Arun Pannalal, president of the Chhattisgarh Christian Forum, alleged that those who disrupted the prayer service were Bajrang Dal members, The Telegraph reported. Lalchand Sahu, a member of the congregation, told Scroll that members of the Hindutva group marched towards the house where the service was being conducted, shouting slogans of “Jai Shri Ram”.

Members of the congregation shut the door to stop the mob, he said. Sahu said that the mob then started hitting the doors with sticks and turned a running hose connected to tap water into the house. The mob also destroyed CCTV cameras installed in the house after spotting them and cut off electricity to the house. Sahu said that the police detained the Christian leaders and took them to the police station.