The Chhattisgarh Youth Forum (Chhattisgarh Yuva Manch), led by politician Narendra Bhawani, has announced its decision to organised a protest on 23 September 2024, at the Dantewada Superintendent of Police (SP) office. As per Bhawani, this action is in response to the failure of authorities to arrest the culprits responsible for a violent attack on Christians in the village of Kosalnar, Bijapur district, nearly a month ago.

The said attack occurred on 23 August 2024, and was allegedly carried out by a mob incited by local Party leaders and individuals associated with the some religoius organisations. According to Bhawani, Christians in Kosalnar were brutally beaten by the mob, forcing many of them to flee the village. He said in a statement issued on 16 September 2024 that “the Christians were mercilessly beaten up after an attacking mob, led by political leaders and people associated with the other organisations, attacked them in the village of Kosalnar”. Bhawani asserted that the attack was illegal and unconstitutional, yet arrests had been made so far.

As per the statement by the Forum, the violence created such an environment of fear in the Christian community that many have left their homes and are yet to return, seeking refuge in the nearby villages. “Many people had to leave their homes, and even now, some have not returned to the village, are living in nearby villages to save their lives,” Bhawani said. He expressed shock that, despite written complaints and official reports filed with the authorities, almost a month after the incident, no legal actions or arrests had been made.

Bhawani further elaborated the details of the assault in his statement on 16 September. He said that Christians of Kosalnar were attacked because of their faith. The area comes under the Barsur Police Station in Bijapur. Members of the BJP and RSS allegedly incited the local people against the Christians which resulted in the violence against them. “Party workers and Religious organisation affiliates, when they reached Kosalnar, not only hurled abuses but also threatened to kill the Christians, warning them that they would not be permitted to harvest their crops unless they renounced their Christian faith,” Bhawani explained.

Bhawani claims that the local Christian community approached the proper authorities and filed formal complaints, naming the perpetrators. Yet, up until now, no action has been taken by the law enforcement officials indicating a breakdown in law and order. Bhawani has been vocal on his attack on the BJP-led government by saying it has failed in the level of governing and constitutional rights to its citizens. “This is the state of justice in our so-called free India, where even the constitutional right to religious freedom is being denied,” he said.

Reacting to this, Bhawani and the Chhattisgarh Youth Forum have decided to lead a mass protest at the office of the Superintendent of Police at Dantewada on September 23. Bhawani made it clear that unless arrests are made by that date, protests will become more aggressive. “If no action is taken by September 23, the SP office in Dantewada will be surrounded by thousands, and arrests will be demanded,” he said. He also stated that if nothing is done by the local authorities, the protest will approach the doorsteps of the Divisional Commissioner’s office and eventually to the Home Minister’s residence in Raipur.

Along with the violence, Bhawani also pointed out the threats made to the Christians by the village secretary and sarpanch. According to Bhawani, they warned the Christians that they would not let them harvest their crops. He also demanded actions against them since making such threats violates the very law and the Constitution.
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ബാം​ഗ്ലൂർ: ചർച്ച് ഓഫ് ഗോഡ് (ഫുൾ ​ഗോസ്പൽ) ഇൻ ഇന്ത്യാ കർണ്ണാടക സ്റ്റേറ്റിൽ പുതിയ അഡ്മിനിസ്ട്രേറ്റീവ് അസിസ്റ്റന്റ് ആയി പാസ്റ്റർ റോജി ഇ സാമൂവേൽ ന് തിരഞ്ഞെടുത്തു. അഡ്മിനിസ്ട്രേറ്റീവ് അസിസ്റ്റന്റ് ആയി നിയമിതനായ പാസ്റ്റർ റോജി ഇ സാമൂവേൽ ദൈവസഭയിലെ സീനിയർ ശുശ്രൂഷകൻ പാസ്റ്റർ സി. എസ്. ഈശോയുടെ മകനാണ്. 2001 മുതൽ ശുശ്രൂഷയുടെ വിവിധ മേഖലകളിൽ പ്രയോജനപ്പെടുന്ന പാസ്റ്റർ റോജി പായിപ്പാട് ന്യൂ ഇന്ത്യ ബൈബിൾ സെമിനാരി, മുളക്കുഴ മൗണ്ട് സയൺ ബൈബിൾ സെമിനാരി തുടങ്ങിയ വേദപാഠശാലകളിൽ അധ്യാപകനും, ചർച്ച് ഓഫ് ഗോഡ് കേരള സ്റ്റേറ്റ് Counselling Department സെക്രട്ടറിയും ആയിരുന്നു. നിലവിൽ ചർച്ച് ഓഫ് ഗോഡ് കർണാടക സ്റ്റേറ്റ് എഡ്യൂക്കേഷൻ ഡയറക്ടർ, മൈസൂർ ദൈവസഭാ ശുശ്രൂഷകൻ, COG All India Governing Body member എന്നീ നിലകളിൽ സേവനമനുഷ്ഠിക്കുന്നു. അനുഗ്രഹീത പ്രഭാഷകനും വേദാദ്ധ്യാപകനുമായ ഇദ്ദേഹം ചരിത്രത്തിൽ ബിരുദവും മനഃശാസ്ത്രത്തിൽ ബിരുദാനന്തര ബിരുദവും, സെറാംബൂർ യൂണിവേഴ്സിറ്റിയിൽ നിന്നും ദൈവശാസ്ത്രത്തിൽ BD യും MTh ഉം കരസ്ഥമാക്കിയിട്ടുണ്ട്. ഭാര്യ: അനുമോൾ, മക്കൾ: നേഥൻ, ഗ്രെയ്‌സ്‌ലിൻ.
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India — A fierce and prolonged legal battle is going on in the Supreme Court of India (SCI) in a case related to the “protection from arrest” granted to several top officials of a noted agricultural university accused of mass religious conversions in the Northern State of Uttar Pradesh (UP).

The State of UP, through the attorney general, in hearings on September 20, 2024, in the Supreme Court, is trying its best to argue why the SCI should no longer protect the accused officials.

This legal saga dates to December 2023, when the SCI intervened and postponed an order by the Allahabad High Court, a regional court based in UP, directing the university officials to surrender themselves while refusing to quash a First Information Report (FIR) lodged against them in November 2023 accusing of unlawful mass religious conversions.

The SCI also granted interim protection from arrest for the implicated officials, including a vice chancellor, the director, and several professors at the Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Science (SHUATS), one of the country’s oldest and most prestigious universities.

The SHUATS vice chancellor and the other officials have been accused of allegedly coercing a woman into converting to Christianity through unlawful means like inducements and misuse of authority and forcing her to bring nearly 60 other women to a conversion meeting.

The SCI extended the interim protection to the university officials in January and again in March this year.

In the latest hearings, the attorney general submitted that the FIRs stated that all those unlawfully converted, in this case, were given a new Aadhaar card, or national identity card, in which their names were changed after conversion.

As evidence of this, the attorney general said that illegal Aadhar card printing machines and bogus Aadhar cards had been recovered from the university’s premises.

When the SCI judges pointed out that the petitioners filed an Article 32 petition for quashing the FIRs, the attorney general submitted that the court should not entertain the petition considering the evidence against the accused.

The FIRs and chargesheets were filed to disclose the commission of a cognizable offense. Therefore, no case for quashing can be made, he said.

The UP police have claimed that investigations have revealed that substantial funds to the tune of INR 340 million received by SHUATS from nearly 20 foreign countries since 2005 were utilized for unlawful conversion activities.

Some of the countries include the U.S., Afghanistan, Japan, Libya, Iraq, Germany, Canada, Guyana, Uganda, Ethiopia, Bahrain, Netherlands, Philippines, Rwanda, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, Australia, Nepal, Bhutan, and Nigeria.
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