Having spent a month in jail on baseless charges before his release on bail, Pastor R. Kirubendran was baffled at hostilities from police, media and villagers after serving a community in northern India without problem for several years.
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The women's lawyers and family members claim that they were saying prayers during a birthday party for one of their children, which members of the Hindutva outfit alleged was a forced conversion attempt.
Nearly two months after police arrested a pastor in India from his grandmother’s home, tied him to a tree and beat him, threats from officers and others have kept him from filing a complaint on the brutality, sources said.
Almost two months after police in India pulled a Christian pastor from his grandmother's home, tied him to a tree, and severely beat him, threats from officers and other individuals have kept him from filing a complaint, according to sources.Â