Ramlala rally taken out, dispute over flag then pastor arrested

Gariaband. On Sunday evening, a Pran-Pratishtha rally was taken out in village Kendrakera of Gariaband district. It is said that the villagers put up saffron flags and abused the house of a pastor. During that time the dispute escalated and the police arrested the pastor. According to the release issued by Chhattisgarh Christian Forum, the pastor’s wife says that on the evening of January 21, a life-consecration rally was taken out in village Kendrakera of Gariaband district.

People entered the pastor’s house, used obscene abuses and planted the saffron flag on our house and said become a Hindu or die. Have religious freedom. I and my family believe in Lord Jesus Christ. The police arrested my husband Pastor Manharan Markam on false charges of insulting the saffron flag, the family has no idea where he is. In this regard, SDOP Pushpendra Nayak says that a small saffron flag was put up at the pastor’s place. An arrest has been made under Section 151 due to a dispute between the pastor and the villagers.