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Christians Attacked In
Village Bahera In Southern UP
NEW DELHI, MAR. 29, 2008, 09.40
Hrs (CBCI News/EFI):
On 22nd March 2008, at around noon, a group of nine men from
the village Bahera, came to the residence of certain Brij Lal,
armed with rods and sticks and stones, and very drunk and
attacked a group of Christians gathered there.
The attackers are believed to be belonging to Hindutva
extremist group.
Bahera village falls within Tehsil Devtalab, Dist. Rewa in
Southern UP. This is a remote interior village situated about
80 kms from the district headquarters.
They attackers “were very abusive and violent” and demanded
that Brij Lal hand over their daughters to them. When Brij Lal
tried to tell them that they were drunk and they should go
home, they became even more abusive and charged at them. Brij
Lal and his two daughters managed to run inside their house,
but his old father and mother and his sister were not so lucky
to escape the mob fury.
The men attacked them viciously, with rods, sticks and stones.
The old man Mr. Sant Lal Saket sustained severe injuries on
his left hand, with a possible fracture of the middle finger.
He had been ailing for the past four months, which compounded
the problem.
Brij Lal’s sister Michva, was also beaten up mercilessly, and
she sustained severe head injuries.
The worst hit was Hirauwa, Brij Lal’s mother who is around 60
years old. She was attacked with sticks and stones, smashing
the bridge of her nose.
After having indulged in this seemingly senseless violence,
the culprits ran off, leaving the victims bleeding outside the
house.
Then some people from the village came and helped to bring the
injured to the nearest Primary Health Centre at Naigarhi,
which is about 15 kms from their village.
A complaint was lodged at the Police Station at Naigarhi, and
is registered as Complaint No. 47 / 08, under the sections
294, 323, 506B and section 34 of the IPC.
By Mr. Chandra Kant Shourie, EFI
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