Christian leaders have urged the government in India’s Chhattisgarh state to act against those who attacked 16 Christian families [1] and destroyed their houses for refusing to abandon their faith.
Even after a week, state police have not registered Christians’ complaint against the tribal group that attacked them on Sept. 22 and 23, said Pastor Moses Logan.
“Police refused to register a first information report and are forcing the persecuted to compromise with the perpetrators of the crime,” Pastor Logan told UCA News on Oct. 2.
A crowd of people opposed to indigenous people following Christianity vandalized 16 houses of tribal Christians in three villages — Kakrabeda, Singanpur and Tiliyabeda — in the state’s Bastar region.
“They also assaulted women and children, so many ran into the forest to save their lives,” the pastor said.