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NEW DELHI, India — Hindu mobs assaulted a pastor and 64 Christians in separate incidents in India.
About 25 Hindu extremists attacked and threatened Pastor Raj Masih while he was buying vegetables to feed his three children Sept. 28, the report states. (Masih’s wife died in April from COVID-19.)
After the attack, Masih and his children moved from Simri village in Bihar state to an undisclosed location. He also is taking a break from his ministry, which has seen many Hindus come to faith in Jesus.
In Chhattisgarh’s Raipur area, a mob of about 500 Hindu nationalists assaulted and harassed 64 Christians at an Oct. 17 dinner at The Pentecostal Mission, the reports say.
Police loaded Christians onto a bus to protect them, but ultimately charged them with “injuring or defiling place of worship.” Anil Tandon, who hosted the dinner, was jailed until Oct. 20 on a charge of forcible conversion, but the others were released after a few hours.
India is No. 10 on Open Doors’ 2021 World Watch List of places most difficult to be a Christian.
This story first appeared on thealabamabaptist.org