[Assam] No religious practice but understanding of theological philosophies need to be enshrined in to the Assamese identity.

[Bartta Bistar]

*A Missionary dies in Assam and Police fail to trace the culprits. Hands of
Religious Fanatics suspected.*

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/newsviewsdetails.php?newsid=712





New Delhi, July 27, 2007: A Missionary was beaten up at Guwahati the capital
city of Assam and succumbed to death after four days. Hands of Hindutva
fanatics are suspected in the killing and Police have failed to trace the
culprit.

According to the source reaching to the All India Christian Council (aicc),
Mr. Hemanta Das, age of 29, an Assamese convert was beaten brutally by
unknown persons suspected to be the members of a religious fanatic group on
June 28, 2007 and later succumbed to death on July 1 after four days of
struggling between life and death at hospital.

The Executive Director of Resource Centre Under Elohim (RESCUE), Mr. Amzad
DeCruz, told the Christian Council, "On several occasions, he was cautioned
by radical groups of the dire consequences that would follow if he tried to
convert people to Christianity."

Rev. Dr. Ngul Khan Pau, General Secretary of Council of Baptist Churches in
North East India (CBCNEI), said that a murder case has been lodged in a
local police station and police failed to trace the culprits until the
filing of this report.

Before converting to Christianity, Mr. Das used to be a member of the
Hindutva fanatic group known as Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.

After embracing Christianity he became a member of Guwahati Baptist Church.
The Council of Baptist Churches in North East India has declared Mr. Das as
the first Assamese Martyr.

The cases of atrocities against the Christian minority in the state of Assam
have been reported in recent past. Nepali, Assamese and Bodo Christians in
lower Assam are the victims of these atrocities.

All India Christian Council National Secretary of Public Affairs, Dr. Sam
Paul, has written to Assam Chief Minister, Mr. Tarun Gogoi, to book the
killers of Mr. Hemanta Das and provide safety to the Christian minorities in
the state of Assam.

The All India Christian Council (www.aiccindia.org), birthed in 1998, exists
to protect and serve the Christian community, minorities, and the oppressed
castes. The aicc is a coalition of thousands of Indian denominations,
organizations, and lay leaders.
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