Two hundred tribal families numbering to 500 believers are living in Thithimati Bamboo Kadu forest area, about 10 km away from Ponnampetu Police Station, Virajpet Taluk, Kodagu district. These groups of tribals are believers for 25 years and have been attending various Independent Churches in and around Honsur, Virajpet.
On 8th July at around 12 ‘o’ clock mid night police officer Mr. Harivardhan of Ponnampetu Police station along with 9 police personnel and Hindu radicals entered the tribal colony and dragged the believers out from their sleep and ruthlessly beaten them. They charged the believers with forced conversion and abused them. Four youngsters namely Ramu (30), Raju (32), Kashi (27) and Sindhu (27) from different families were arrested. They were taken to Ponnampetu police station and charged with forceful conversion, robbery, rape etc. The believers were lodged in Virajpet jail for 3 days. Some pastors in that area later released these believers.
On 8th July at around 12 ‘o’ clock mid night police officer Mr. Harivardhan of Ponnampetu Police station along with 9 police personnel and Hindu radicals entered the tribal colony and dragged the believers out from their sleep and ruthlessly beaten them. They charged the believers with forced conversion and abused them. Four youngsters namely Ramu (30), Raju (32), Kashi (27) and Sindhu (27) from different families were arrested. They were taken to Ponnampetu police station and charged with forceful conversion, robbery, rape etc. The believers were lodged in Virajpet jail for 3 days. Some pastors in that area later released these believers.
On 15th July, Zilla Panchayat President Mr. Ravindran and other Hindu radicals along with the police went to the tribal colony again and intimated the families and asked them to convert to Hinduism. In the evening, the Hindus along with the police officials reached the tribal colony with animal sacrifices and idols and forced the believers to worship the idols and convert to Hinduism.
Please pray for the tribal believers.
Extracted from Dr. Sajan's Blog
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