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Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government has failed to take any action, under the law of the land, against those who committed bestial crimes — the gang rape of a 28-year-old Catholic nun and the brutal attack on a Catholic priest who courageously resisted their attempts to force him to participate in the atrocity. These incidents took place on August 25 at K. Nuagaon, 12 km from the Baliguda subdivision in Kandhamal district. Both victims filed First Information Reports at the Baliguda police station. Sister Nirmala, Superior-General of the Missionaries of Charity, wrote to the Orissa Chief Minister and the Prime Minister specifying the atrocities.

The brutalisation of the nun and the priest by a mob raising anti-Christian, Hindutva slogans took place around 1 p.m. at the site of the Divya Jyothi Pastor Centre. The church was burnt the previous day in reprisal against the murder of an RSS activist, Lakshmanananda Saraswathi, and four of his associates on August 23. The gang rape of the young nun, whose "virginity [was] grossly violated in public" (and whose identity is being withheld by this newspaper to protect her privacy) took place in front of a police outpost with 12 policemen from the Orissa State Armed Police present and watching, according to Father Thomas Chellan, the priest who was dragged out and badly beaten.

"Around 1 p.m., a gang came and pulled me and the Sister out of the house where we had taken shelter and started assaulting us," Father Chellan told The Hindu in a telephonic interview from Kerala where he is recuperating.

"My appeals to the policemen who were standing nearby and watching only resulted in further beating. At one point the nun slipped away to plead with the police for help but she was dragged back by the mob and her blouse torn," he said. The nun was gang raped in a nearby building, and he was doused with kerosene by the mob, which threatened to set him on fire. They were saved by a group of youth who took them to the police outpost where "one among the attackers was present with the police between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m.," Father Chellan said.

News of the K-Nuagaon atrocity was conveyed through mobile phones to several priests and nuns hiding in the forests, fearing for their lives as the anti-Christian hunt was on. The victims were taken to the Baliguda police station around 9 p.m. where they filed First Information Reports. "I believe the Sister wrote in her complaint that she was raped," Father Chellan said.

The atrocity, about which the State government has not gone public, has outraged and terrified Christian organisations working in Kandhamal district. News of it was brought to the notice of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik by Raphael Cheenath, Archbishop of the Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar diocese.

Sister Nirmala wrote letters to the Orissa Chief Minister and the Prime Minister on this and other brutal attacks on Christians in Orissa. In her letter, dated August 28, 2008, to Chief Minister Patnaik, she took up "a very sad incident, soon after the eruption of the violence" of "one young sister, consecrated to God, who was administrator of an institute, being hunted out of her hiding place and stripped naked by the mob and her virginity grossly violated in public, without any help from the police present there."

In her appeal for protection to Christians, Sister Nirmala urged the Chief Minister to "ask the Central Govt. for as many extra forces from the Centre as they are willing to give and you need."

When contacted, Praveen Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Kandhamal district, told The Hindu that investigations into the episode by a Deputy Superintendent of Police were on and "the law will take its course." He confirmed that no arrests have been made in connection with the incidents.

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Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government has failed to take any action, under the law of the land, against those who committed bestial crimes — the gang rape of a 28-year-old Catholic nun and the brutal attack on a Catholic priest who courageously resisted their attempts to force him to participate in the atrocity. These incidents took place on August 25 at K. Nuagaon, 12 km from the Baliguda subdivision in Kandhamal district. Both victims filed First Information Reports at the Baliguda police station. Sister Nirmala, Superior-General of the Missionaries of Charity, wrote to the Orissa Chief Minister and the Prime Minister specifying the atrocities.

The brutalisation of the nun and the priest by a mob raising anti-Christian, Hindutva slogans took place around 1 p.m. at the site of the Divya Jyothi Pastor Centre. The church was burnt the previous day in reprisal against the murder of an RSS activist, Lakshmanananda Saraswathi, and four of his associates on August 23. The gang rape of the young nun, whose "virginity [was] grossly violated in public" (and whose identity is being withheld by this newspaper to protect her privacy) took place in front of a police outpost with 12 policemen from the Orissa State Armed Police present and watching, according to Father Thomas Chellan, the priest who was dragged out and badly beaten.

"Around 1 p.m., a gang came and pulled me and the Sister out of the house where we had taken shelter and started assaulting us," Father Chellan told The Hindu in a telephonic interview from Kerala where he is recuperating.

"My appeals to the policemen who were standing nearby and watching only resulted in further beating. At one point the nun slipped away to plead with the police for help but she was dragged back by the mob and her blouse torn," he said. The nun was gang raped in a nearby building, and he was doused with kerosene by the mob, which threatened to set him on fire. They were saved by a group of youth who took them to the police outpost where "one among the attackers was present with the police between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m.," Father Chellan said.

News of the K-Nuagaon atrocity was conveyed through mobile phones to several priests and nuns hiding in the forests, fearing for their lives as the anti-Christian hunt was on. The victims were taken to the Baliguda police station around 9 p.m. where they filed First Information Reports. "I believe the Sister wrote in her complaint that she was raped," Father Chellan said.

The atrocity, about which the State government has not gone public, has outraged and terrified Christian organisations working in Kandhamal district. News of it was brought to the notice of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik by Raphael Cheenath, Archbishop of the Cuttack-Bhubaneshwar diocese.

Sister Nirmala wrote letters to the Orissa Chief Minister and the Prime Minister on this and other brutal attacks on Christians in Orissa. In her letter, dated August 28, 2008, to Chief Minister Patnaik, she took up "a very sad incident, soon after the eruption of the violence" of "one young sister, consecrated to God, who was administrator of an institute, being hunted out of her hiding place and stripped naked by the mob and her virginity grossly violated in public, without any help from the police present there."

In her appeal for protection to Christians, Sister Nirmala urged the Chief Minister to "ask the Central Govt. for as many extra forces from the Centre as they are willing to give and you need."

When contacted, Praveen Kumar, Superintendent of Police, Kandhamal district, told The Hindu that investigations into the episode by a Deputy Superintendent of Police were on and "the law will take its course." He confirmed that no arrests have been made in connection with the incidents.

All minorities have been attacked now, reminds me of the thousands of Sikh women that were raped in 1984 often by Police and mobs led by political parties. Same thing has happened to Muslims and Dalits. The Indian PM on his visit to the EU was told do something to prevent the massacre of Christians.

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Thousands of Christians are in relief camps, thousands more are hiding in the forests and nothing is being done to stop the right wing fanatics from the Shiv Sena, BJP, RSS & other.

What a contrast, when rallies and protests were being held in Punjab, the Central Government was quick to dispatch CRP and Army battalions to "make sure the peace wasn't disturbed." But when these right wing fanatics (who have done this in the past both in 1984 & 2002) go out on rampages killing innocent people, the Central Government still does nothing!

They don’t want to mess up their chances of winning the next election, that’s why Sonia Gandhi has remained mainly silent, if she denounces this violence, the BJP will play the religion card and accuse her of “being a spy sent by the Pope” just like they have done before.

Sikh organizations in the west have denounced this violence, which is a clear persecution of a religious minority but it’s been mostly from the “Pro-Khalistan”, so-called "Fundamentalist/Hardliners", Sikh organizations and Gurdwara Committees. Even in Punjab, it appears to be the same with Sardar Simranjit Singh Mann leading rallies with Christian organization. Akal Takht Jathedar Gurbachan Singh Ji has spoken against this violence.

I have yet to hear any statements made by any “Pro-India” Sikh organizations or politicians denouncing this violence. Pretty sure Badal won’t say anything nor will the SPGC.

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