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NEW DELHI — A Christian charged under India’s anti-conversion law after Hindu nationalists attacked a church is seeking anticipatory bail from the Supreme Court of India.
Rajesh Sharma said his plea for anticipatory bail was rejected in Chhattisgarh state’s lower and high courts. Sharma and the others were booked after a mob of 70 to 100 hardline Hindus led by members of the Hindu nationalist Bajarang Dal cut the electrical power of the 120-member Church of God in Raipur and attacked them during their March 9 worship service.
“The mob was accompanied by few policemen, and they attacked in the presence of police who stood there as mere spectators, as they were very few in numbers,” said 66-year-old Senior Pastor Praveen Lawrence of the Church of God in Raipur.
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Rajesh Sharma said his plea for anticipatory bail was rejected in Chhattisgarh state’s lower and high courts. Sharma and the others were booked after a mob of 70 to 100 hardline Hindus led by members of the Hindu nationalist Bajarang Dal cut the electrical power of the 120-member Church of God in Raipur and attacked them during their March 9 worship service.
“The mob was accompanied by few policemen, and they attacked in the presence of police who stood there as mere spectators, as they were very few in numbers,” said 66-year-old Senior Pastor Praveen Lawrence of the Church of God in Raipur.
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Police arrest Christians violently assaulted in Hindu mob attack on church
A Christian charged under India s anti-conversion law after Hindu nationalists attacked a church is seeking anticipatory bail from the Supreme Court of India
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