By Samriddhi Sakunia / Outlook
A multitude of individuals nearly 300 people allegedly affiliated with RSS, VHP, and Bajrang Dal congregated outside the GTB Enclave police station, fervently chanting “Jai Shree Ram.” Their ire was directed at members of the Christian community who had gone there to file a complaint regarding an alleged assault on them. People from the Christian community have alleged that they were subjected to assault, vandalism and physical abused by the members of Bajrang Dal.
On August 20th, a brutal attack unfolded upon members of the Christian community by a mob comprising 35-40 individuals armed with sticks, rods, and swords. The incident occurred at 10:45 AM while the victims were engaged in prayers within the premises of Siyyon Prathan Bhawan in the Tahirpur area when the assaulters entered the prayer hall with huge speakers playing “Hindu rashtra banayenge, Jai Shree Ram”
“We pray every Sunday, and by us, I mean people from our community gather to pray together and as usual we did the same this Sunday as well”, said Pastor Satpal Bhati speaking to Outlook, who was present at the time of the incident.
Bhati noted while recalling the incident that right after the prayer they heard loud music from outside the gate and decided to close the door to avoid any disruption. “The moment one of my people approached to close the gate, a mob of people, including very young kids barged in chanting Jai Shree Ram”
Bhati and other were stunned seeing swords, sticks and rods in the hands of the mob. For good few minutes, they couldn’t make sense out of what they were seeing until of the mob started to vandalize the entire place. Using the rods and swords, the mob broke the Casio, drums and other musical equipments, not just that, moving on they even tore the Bible, the holy book of Christians.
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