Karnataka: Police join attackers in assaulting a pastor and believers

In a very shameful act by the Karnataka police, a Pastor and his church attendees were attacked and beaten by Hindu radicals aided and abetted by police DCP, Mr. Prakash.

Global Council of Christians (GCIC), an advocacy group based in Bangalore alleged that Pastor Siddarama Gokhavi (60yrs) and church members were attacked by over 20 Bajrang Dal activists at a Sunday worship meeting in Ananda nagara, old Hubli.

"A slogan–chanting mob lead by Raghavendra the local goon came to the church and destroyed worship equipments and unleashed riotous attack," said GCIC.

The police, who were alerted of the incident, dragged the sixty year pastor and six others to physically torture and injure.

"The highly motivated radicals burnt Bibles and Christian literatures. In the savage attack Pastor Gokhavi and his wife Rekha Gohavi were taunted and injured," claimed GCIC.

The pastor and family were accused of persuading Hindus to convert to Christianity, for which they have been threatened and detained.

Although the condition of pastor and believers are stable, GCIC is dismayed and shocked to see that even senior police officers are directly involving in hate crimes with the radicals