Christian film screening attacked in Himachal Pradesh

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DayasagarON March 15 in Mandi, student wings of the Hindu extremists attacked a film show and accused the Christians of forceful conversion.

According to an EFI report, Pastor Sunny Eapen and two Christians from the True Friends Ministry were screening a documentary on the life of Jesus Christ ‘Daya Sagar’ in the college campus after taking permission from the college principal, Man Singh Jamwal.

After the movie, some students requested for Bibles and the Christians were distributing Bibles when the extremists stormed in, accused the Christians of forceful conversion and threatened to harm them .They filed a police complaint against Pastor Eapen of forceful conversion ,of luring people to convert to Christianity by offering monetary benefits, of making derogatory remarks against Hinduism.

“On the request of the MA English literature students, we screened the movie as some of their subjects are related to the Bible,” Pastor Eapen, leader of True Friends Ministry, told EFI.

The next day, the extremist massed up at the District Collector office demanding the arrests of the pastor and to close down the operation of the True Friends Ministry in the area. They are also pressurizing the landlords of the Christians to send them out from their rented place.

Police investigation is going on. EFI

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