Mob attacks Christian schools for staying open on Pitrapaksh

The first attack took place in Shankar Nagar colony of the city where a mob led by suspected Sangh leaders damaged two buses of Saint Xavier’s on their way to school.

“The agitated mob was armed with rods and was shouting slogans against Christian missionaries. They accused the school authorities of deliberately trying to hurt religious sentiments,” said Superintendent of Police (City) Shashi Mohan Singh. He added that a police party was immediately rushed to the spot.

Later, the same men went to the Holy Cross School and got into an altercation with the management to close down immediately. When the management refused, the activists ransacked the Principal’s office.

Cases have been registered at the Civil Lines and Kotwali Police Stations against unknown persons for disrupting peace. However, Senior Superintendent of Police B S Marawi confirmed that no one had been arrested by the police till late in the evening.

It is not the first attack on Christian institutions on the charge of promoting “missionary activity”. In February this year a mob, comprising allegedly of Sangh cadres, had raided a Christian congregation, injuring six people. The injured included four US Evangelists, present at the meeting.