Roorkee Christian Prayer House Attack: 200 Detained For Vandalising Church Alleging Conversion

The Uttarakhand Police have booked 200 people in connection with the vandalisation of a Christian prayer house in Roorkee during the Sunday Mass. The mob allegedly belonged to a Hindu right wing group.

Police said the right-wing group accused the Christian missionaries of running an alleged conversion racket.

Church attacked by RSS goons in Roorkee, Haridwar. Women were brutally beaten up, Church was vandalised. CM Pushkar Singh Dhami was in the Haridwar District when this happened, Did this attack have a sanction of the state government? ? pic.twitter.com/UvHx3wFRgH

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According to the police complaint, the incident took place around 10 am in Roorkee¡¯s Solanipuram Colony, when a mob barged into the prayer hall, raising slogans against church missionaries, said a report.

Shocking footage of Church attacked by RSS goons in Roorkee, Haridwar. Women were brutally beaten up, Church was vandalised.

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The mob vandalised the prayer house and also manhandled some of the devotees.

¡°The frenzied mob, shouting slogans like ¡®Vande mataram¡¯ and ¡®Bharat mata ki jai¡¯, barged into the church, which is on the first floor of the building,¡± Prio Sadhana Lanse, the church pastor¡¯s wife, told The Wire.

She added that they also beat up the volunteers and the women attackers bashed up women in the church.

A case has been filed against 200 people. An inspector rank has been directed to the matter.

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The accused have been booked under several sections of the Indian Penal Code, including for rioting, theft, trespassing and voluntarily causing hurt.