On the evening of November 10, following a showing of the "Jesus" film in Kothrud, near Pune in Maharashtra State, a team from Operation Mobilisation was attacked by more than twenty-five members of the militant Hindu group Siva Sena. The mob beat the four Christians and caused over Rs 100,000 ($2,600 CDN) damage to their film equipment. The team members were then dragged to the police station where a false witness told the police that the team had tried to bribe him to leave Hinduism and become a Christian. The police reportedly abused the OM team members while in detention and confiscated their identity cards and film equipment. One of the team members named Madan received serious injuries to his jaw.
When the All India Christian Council (AICC) intervened, the police charged the team with using a loud speaker in public without permission and then released them. The AICC is considering filing charges against the Siva Sena as well as the local police.
(Source: All India Christian Council)
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