Hindus Swarm, Attack Churchgoers At Worship Service

A group of roughly 150 Hindu extremists attacked a house church in northern India one Sunday in summer 2024.

Fifteen church members were in the middle of their service when Pastor Rajesh Bhomi’s mother-in-law told him the mob was just a few meters away from them, according to The Christian Post. “My mother-in-law suspected that it could be a mob of RSS [Hindu extremist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh] activists, and alerted us that they must have gathered to attack us,” the pastor told a local news outlet. (RELATED: Melania Trump Breaks Silence On Assassination Attempt)

The church is located in the Nawada area of Uttarakhand state’s Dehradun District in a top-floor room. “We locked the gate and stayed indoors, not making any noise,” Bhomi continued. “Soon we found the mob with women leading in the front banging on the gate trying to break open the lock.”

Tricked Into Leaving

The pastor asked the mob why they were there. But all they replied was that they wanted the churchgoers to come downstairs to talk. “Why did you come as a mob of over 100?’ we questioned them, but they kept repeating that we must open the lock, and they would only talk to us,” Bhomi said, wondering why such a large group was needed just to talk. “As they banged and pushed the gate, in that struggle the lock was let loose by us, and at once the mob of around 150 rushed inside the premises like flood waters. They went all around the house vandalizing every object in their sight, and some of them were carrying lathis. They beat wherever on the body badly.”

Bhomi’s wife, father-in-law, brother-in-law, and two other female members of the church were severely injured. (LEARN MORE: State Largely Bans LGBTQ Flags In Public School Classrooms)

“They received lathi blows in the stomach, neck and hands,” the pastor added. “As they continued beating us, some from among the mob snatched away our mobile phones, laptop and damaged the music instrument.”

Police Name Suspects

“Police in Nehru colony named assailants Devendra Dobal, Bijendra Thapa, Sudheer Thapa, Sanjeev Pal, Sudheer Pal, Dheerendra Dobal, Arman Dobal, Aryaman Dobal, Anil Hindu, Bhupesh Joshi and Bijendra in the FIR,” evidence was not needed as the mob recorded videos of their attacks and posted them on social media, the outlet reported.

“The faces of the assailants are so clearly seen in the video, yet police have not taken any action against them so far,” the pastor said. “They only tell us that the investigation is underway.” (LEARN MORE: Maryland District Removes Parental Education Rights)

One of the church members who helped register the case lost her job of 16 years as her boss was an RSS supporter. “We are enduring immense hatred from all corners; many are writing dirty comments about the videos that went viral,” Pastor Bhomi said. “They are writing in filthy language about my wife. It has been very disturbing mentally, but I thank God that she is spiritually stronger.”

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