Hindu extremists in Maharashtra state beat and threatened to burn a pastor who went on to say that he could ‘see the love and the faithfulness of God more through this incident’, it was reported in late October.
Pastor Prashant Bhatnager, 45, is still recovering from broken hand, arm and leg bones, after six men beat and urinated on him.
Pastor Bhatnager and four other Christians from House of God Church were praying for a sick person and distributing tracts in Taloja, Raigad District when they were attacked. The extremist assailants questioned the Christians, snatched their tracts and took them to a public hall, where they held them for two hours. Another 30 Hindu extremists came, disparaging the Christians and threatening to kill them. But the assailants then released the other four Christians, after warning them not to pray for anyone again, and dragged the pastor of the 350-member church into a car.
