SS Layout – Davanagere (Karnataka): Pastor Raju Doddamani (56) has been ministering for the Divyadarsana Ministry Church at SS Layout in Davanagere during the last 5 years. He has a congregation of about 60 believers. A prayer meeting was organized at the residence of a believer named Bima Naik on Wednesday, 28-12-2011 and Pastor Doddamani was leading the prayer service.

Just before the programme ws to be over at about 9.30 pm, suddenly there was an attack by the Hindu fundamentalists belonging to the Srirama Sene outfit of the saffron brigade. They began abusing them and alleging that they are fraudulently and forcibly converting Hindus to Christianity. They also tried to manhandle them. In the meantime as the police were informed about the incident, the police from the Vidyanagar Police Station appeared on the scene with Sub Inspector Savar in charge. Pastor Raju Doddamani, Das, John, Bima Naik, Simon and Chandrashekar were taken to the police station and interrogated till late into the night.  read more »