According to a June 9 report from Compass Direct, police in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh raided the home of Meera Bai (52) on June 6 after coercing a complaint from her neighbour.
Meera Bai was entertaining guests when as many as twenty-five police officers burst into her home. They confiscated Bibles and pictures of Jesus and then took Bai, her son and two guests to the police station. There she was met by a large crowd of members of Dharma Sena, a militant Hindu organization, who shouted threats and anti-Christian slogans. Police forced the Christians to sign blank pieces of paper. Bai was then charged under the state's anti-conversion legislation and released on bail.
After Bai returned home, a nineteen-year-old neighbour confessed that police and Dharma Sena members had forced him to come to the police station and sign a statement that Bai had offered him 2000 rupees ($48 CAD) each month if he would convert to Christianity. It was on the basis of this forced statement that Bai was charged.
Pray that Bai will find her strength in Jesus Christ (2 Corinthians 1:8-9). Pray that there will be a strong testimony of God's grace in the community. Pray that Sukhdev will see the character of Christ in Bai and be drawn to a personal relationship with Him (Matthew 5:16).
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