ASIA/INDIA - Protestant Pastor killed in Jharkhand

Bhopal (Agenzia Fides) - A Protestant Pastor was killed in the state of Jharkhand, eastern India.
As reported to Fides by the Evangelical Fellowship network of India, Chamu Hasda Purty, 54, of the Independent Pentecostal Church was killed on October 12 in the village of Sandhi, a village in the district of Khunti, Jharkhand state. A group of armed men broke into his house and shot him. The cold-blooded murder has created tension and fear among Christians in the area. In the state Hindu extremist groups are increasing and have recently launched a campaign to promote an anti-conversion law (see Fides 14/10/2015).
In the state, currently ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party, nationalist formation, there is a Christian community of about one and a half million faithful, mainly made up of tribal groups.
According to the recent report of the US State Department on religious freedom 2014 "in India people are killed and arrested for religious reasons, there are riots and forced conversions, and the police are not able to respond effectively to violence" (PA) (Agenzia Fides 16/10/2015)

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