Unidentified vandals on Thursday set fire to the altar of the Mother Mary Malankara Catholic Church and burnt copies of the Bible, Cross, hymn books, clothes and other holy ornaments.
They also set alight the sound system of the church, which was established in 1996 near Krupanand Hall in Ganesh Colony, Picket, Secunderabad.
“On Wednesday, church helper Mr Matthew Papachan and a worker, Mr Satyajeet Sinha, had cleaned the church as rainwater had entered the premises. The church holds Adoration programmes every Friday, so they wanted to clean the church. At night they locked all the doors and left. When Mr Papachan came back to finish cleaning at 1 pm on Thursday, he noticed smoke coming out of the church.  read more »

Tuticorin (TN), Jul 3 Suspecting human sacrifice behind the death of an eight-year old boy near here, irate local residents today went on a rampage setting a temple on fire and attacking those managing it, prompting police to make a lathicharge. Police said the body of the boy, missing since last night, was found with injuries in a well near the Goddess Kali temple this morning at Jothibasu Nagar.  read more »

Tuticorin (TN), Jul 3 Suspecting human sacrifice behind the death of an eight-year old boy near here, irate local residents today went on a rampage setting a temple on fire and attacking those managing it, prompting police to make a lathicharge. Police said the body of the boy, missing since last night, was found with injuries in a well near the Goddess Kali temple this morning at Jothibasu Nagar.  read more »