Three churches attacked in Indore

Father Ramesh Chandekar of St Paul8217;s Church told PTI that miscreants damaged the holy cross, the prayer place and broke holy utensils and the mike system.

He said the miscreants also threw stones at a church in Vandana Nagar and the Messiah Vidya Bhavan, another church on the Jail Road.

Senior police officials rushed to the churches on getting information of the attacks and posted policemen for security.

Additional SP, Jaideep Prasad, said police has made some preventive arrests and is in contact with the religious heads of the institutions.

The attacks come on the eve of Congress president Sonia Gandhi8217;s visit to the city who is scheduled to visit a children8217;s home which Sanskritik Jagarn Manch a cultural awareness forum allege is being handed over to Christian missionaries on the behest of Congress spokesman Ajit Jogi and has threatened to protest the visit by showing black flags.