(ETH) – Persecution in India continues as six Christian families have reportedly received an ultimatum from the Latehar District Police of Jharkhand state to either renounce their Christian faith or prepare to leave the village. According to the report, The police have given the Christians a single month to respond to this demand according to the Christian News Network.
The report states that the police issued the ultimatum after the six Christian families went to the police station in response to a brutal attack by radical Hindu nationalists on July 5. “They tied our hands and legs with a rope,” Joginder Bhuya told International Christian Concern (ICC). The Christians were then ruthlessly beaten by fanatics, including women and children.
According to Joginder, a village meeting was convened to discuss the six Christian families who refused to give up their Christian faith. As a result of this meeting, the village leaders decided that they would chase the Christians out of their homes and the village if they didn’t “re-convert” to Hinduism. When the Christians refused this order, villagers attacked the Christian families gathered at the meeting. READ MORE
