Five Christians arrested in Rajasthan

Rajasthan police arrested five Christians charging them with alleged vandalisation of a Hindu idol at a temple nearby.

According to the All India Christian Council, a Pastor belonging to the Good Shepherd Community Church (GSCC), who has been running a worship group at Hamirpura village in Arnod taluka, was facing strong resistance from the RSS and other Hindu groups led by the local BJP sarpanch.

The Hindu radicals wanted the Pastor to stop all his activities at the village.

"It so happened that an idol of a nearby temple was found broken recently. Taking advantage of the situation, the activists filed an FIR at the police station alleging that the Pastor and his believers had damaged the idol," reported AICC.

When police refused to act, the radicals threatened to take law into their hands, for which the police subsequently arrested five Christians as a precautionary measure.

After local Christian leaders arrived at the police station and held talks with the officers, they were convinced of the innocence of the Christians and promised to secure their release.