Pastor Arrested in India for ‘Offending Hindu Sensitivities’
Police in India’s Orissa State, Rourkela District, have arrested a young pastor under charges of “offending Hindu sensitivities”.
by Daniel Blake
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Police in India’s Orissa State, Rourkela District, have arrested a young pastor under charges of “offending Hindu sensitivities”, US-based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC) has reported.

Pastor Ashish Kumar Muna, 25, has reportedly been in jail in the Rourkela district since November 15, after a Hindu fundamentalist belonging to the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) lodged a complaint in Udit Nagar police station in Jhirpani Taluka accusing him of “conversions”.

Dr Sajan George of the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) explained that Pastor Muna got into trouble when he prayed for a woman suffering from tuberculosis and kidney problems, not knowing that she was the wife of Jibardhana Chouhan, the Rourkela district coordinator of the VHP. the rest