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Alleged assault on boys for refusing to convert
The Times of India News Service
BHOPAL: Parents of nine Dalit and OBC school-going children aged between seven and 10 have registered a case with the police in Rajgarh against a priest, Father Abraham, on the charge of repeatedly assaulting their wards and denying them meals following their refusal to convert to the Christian faith.
The priest has been absconding since Monday after the complaint was lodged with the Rajgarh police station. Also on the run with the priest is 10-year-old Vikram (a resident of Jhabua) who had reportedly acquiesced to the conversion.
Seven of the children were brought to Bhopal by a former BJP MLA from Rajgarh and produced before journalists on Thursday. The news has caused a furore in local political circles since Rajgarh happens to be the home district of the chief minister.
One of the children, nine-year-old Banne Singh told The Times of India News Service that he and his friends lived in a convent run by a local church at Rajgarh but studied in a neighbouring government school. Displaying mostly dry wounds around his knuckles and waist, he alleged, ``Father ne humko ravivar ko bet ki chadi se maara (Father beat us with a cane on Sunday)'' upon which he complained to ``Papa and Mummy''.
His friend Kamal, standing next, alleged that the priest used to invariably summon him inside the church when nobody was around and hand out threats and slaps for refusing to accept Jesus Christ (not Hanuman) as their Lord and saviour. Kamal said he was beaten up on Saturday. WOW!!!!!!!!!!
Kamal's father Jagannath Singh, a farm hand at a nearby village, alleged that it was only after they narrated the woes of their wards to the government school authorities that the matter was brought to the notice of the SP of Rajgarh. The SP, in turn, ordered on Tuesday that the children be immediately shifted to a sarkari (government) boarding house.
Jagannath alleged that photos of Hindu Gods in the possession of his son were torn to pieces by the priest. Yep, thats gonna really help someone accept the Bible!
Tracing the history of his interaction with the local church authorities, Jagannath Singh said he first came in touch with the priest when he began doing odd jobs for Abraham's predecessor some two years ago. When the latter came to know that Kamal was studying at a government school, he extended him the facility of letting the son stay at the convent-run boarding (which now has 29 children).
He alleged that the regular beating up of children only began after Abraham came on the scene some 10-12 months ago. ``He used to tell the children that the beatings would stop and that they would get lovely things to eat and wear if they began loving Jesus instead of Hanuman,'' he alleged.
Former BJP MLA Raghunandan Sharma, who escorted the children and their fathers to Bhopal, said it was strange that though the children had been permitted to stay at the convent, none was admitted to the church-run school which was a stone's throw away from the boarding house. He alleged that this was largely because the church did not wish to spoil the ``atmosphere'' of the school by inducting children belonging to the poor families.
Alleged assault on boys for refusing to convert
The Times of India News Service
BHOPAL: Parents of nine Dalit and OBC school-going children aged between seven and 10 have registered a case with the police in Rajgarh against a priest, Father Abraham, on the charge of repeatedly assaulting their wards and denying them meals following their refusal to convert to the Christian faith.
The priest has been absconding since Monday after the complaint was lodged with the Rajgarh police station. Also on the run with the priest is 10-year-old Vikram (a resident of Jhabua) who had reportedly acquiesced to the conversion.
Seven of the children were brought to Bhopal by a former BJP MLA from Rajgarh and produced before journalists on Thursday. The news has caused a furore in local political circles since Rajgarh happens to be the home district of the chief minister.
One of the children, nine-year-old Banne Singh told The Times of India News Service that he and his friends lived in a convent run by a local church at Rajgarh but studied in a neighbouring government school. Displaying mostly dry wounds around his knuckles and waist, he alleged, ``Father ne humko ravivar ko bet ki chadi se maara (Father beat us with a cane on Sunday)'' upon which he complained to ``Papa and Mummy''.
His friend Kamal, standing next, alleged that the priest used to invariably summon him inside the church when nobody was around and hand out threats and slaps for refusing to accept Jesus Christ (not Hanuman) as their Lord and saviour. Kamal said he was beaten up on Saturday. WOW!!!!!!!!!!
Kamal's father Jagannath Singh, a farm hand at a nearby village, alleged that it was only after they narrated the woes of their wards to the government school authorities that the matter was brought to the notice of the SP of Rajgarh. The SP, in turn, ordered on Tuesday that the children be immediately shifted to a sarkari (government) boarding house.
Jagannath alleged that photos of Hindu Gods in the possession of his son were torn to pieces by the priest. Yep, thats gonna really help someone accept the Bible!
Tracing the history of his interaction with the local church authorities, Jagannath Singh said he first came in touch with the priest when he began doing odd jobs for Abraham's predecessor some two years ago. When the latter came to know that Kamal was studying at a government school, he extended him the facility of letting the son stay at the convent-run boarding (which now has 29 children).
He alleged that the regular beating up of children only began after Abraham came on the scene some 10-12 months ago. ``He used to tell the children that the beatings would stop and that they would get lovely things to eat and wear if they began loving Jesus instead of Hanuman,'' he alleged.
Former BJP MLA Raghunandan Sharma, who escorted the children and their fathers to Bhopal, said it was strange that though the children had been permitted to stay at the convent, none was admitted to the church-run school which was a stone's throw away from the boarding house. He alleged that this was largely because the church did not wish to spoil the ``atmosphere'' of the school by inducting children belonging to the poor families.
