HYDERABAD: At least 11 people were injured, three of them seriously, when nearly 200 assailants, allegedly associated with Bajrang Dal, attacked a Church in Janwara, in Narsingi of Ranga Reddy district, following a dispute over road expansion.
Local residents claimed the road near the church was being constructed and expanded. However, Christian community members argued that the road should remain at its original size and not be expanded. Tension escalated when the road construction suddenly commenced on Tuesday evening. When the local Christian community members objected to it, a group of assailants associated with Bajrang Dal attacked them. About 10 to 15 people, including women and children, were present near the church.
The Scheduled Caste Rights Protection Society filed a written complaint at Mokila Police Station alleging that approximately 200 assailants, while chanting Jai Shri Ram slogans, indiscriminately chased and attacked women, men, and children with iron rods, stones, and sticks.
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