Ethical intolerance, four Church ransacked .

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Naresh kumar sagar

Dec 27 (PTI) Eleven churches and prayer
houses were ransacked and torched by suspected saffron activists in
several areas of Kandhamal district in Orissa in the early hours today.

Seven churches and prayer houses were attacked and set afire in
Gandapadar, Badahapanga, Bhandarapada, Pisupadar, Masapadar, Minia and
Adigara under Phulbani sadar police station area, police said.


Rev Basant Diggal alleged that he was assaulted and his motorcycle
damaged by a group of miscreants in Minia area where vandals went on
rampage causing damage to another church.


Similar incidents of ransacking and burning of three more churches
and prayer houses took place in Bakingia, Tiangia and Kotaguda, while
miscreants triggered a minor blast at another place of worship, police
said.


Curfew was relaxed since last night till 9 am today in four towns
of Baliguda, Daringibadi, Brahmanigaon and Phulbani to enable people to
buy essential goods and proceed to work places, District Collector
Bhabagrahi Mohapatra said. PTI

“In the stable at Bethlehem, Heaven and Earth meet. Heaven has come
down to Earth”, nature itself goes forth towards a second creation, now
it is up to men to set forth towards that “stable”, to “touch the heart
of God” and “make room for Him” in their lives. This represents for us
now, and for always, the night of the incarnation, as it was evoked by
Benedict XVI in the long midnight mass celebrated in a St Peter’s
Basilica resplendently lit, its altar adorned with red flowers.

But in India at

Phulbani-Bhubaneswar, Dec 25-: Orissa. Four churches ransacked.-

Anti convert Leader Manananda Saraswati attacked.

A day of communal rallies and demonstrations in the Kandhamal
district,Orissa India that experience two simultaneous bandhs called by
two different organisations. The tribals owing allegiance to Kui Samaj
had earlier given the call for a 36 hour bandh starting from Christmas
morning.

Four churches were damaged in tribal dominated Kandhamal district of Orissa, India by angry mob in the district.

Curfew was imposed in Brahmanigaon, Baliguda, Daringibadi and
Phulbani areas in Kandhamal district of Orissa on Tuesday evening as
communal clashes of caste and religious.

At least 12 vehicles, including two police jeeps, today during a VHP
sponsored four-hour Orissa bandh which evoked partial response,
dampening Christmas festivities.

Violence broke out at other towns of Kandhamal district as saffron
activists ransacked three churches in Baliguda area disrupting
Christmas festivities with bandh supporters picketing outside chapels,
police said.

Trains were delayed and vehicular movement hit as bandh supporters
blocked railway tracks and highways in Cuttack, Balasore, Bhubaneswar
and Bhadrak.

Market,shops and business centres remained open and road traffic was normal in most places.

Right wing activists of VHP and Bajrang Dal blocked traffic in many
areas moved in groups to enforce the bandh called in protest against
the attack on anti-conversion leader Laxmanananda Saraswati yesterday,
police said.

Thirteen people were taken into custody in connection with the
attack on Saraswati, Inspector General of Police (special armed police)
Pradeep Kapur said.

The VHP supporters allegedly damaged the churches at Barakhama, Baliguda, Pabingia and Masripada.

The houses of Steel and Mines Minister Padmanabha Behera were also
targeted and a police station at Tikabali was burnt. Twenty persons
were injured in different incidents of violence since Monday night,
sources said.

Seven others were detained in connection with a clash between two
groups over erection of a decorated arch at Brahmani village of
Daringbadi area, also in Kandhamal district, that had left eight people
injured.