Pastor Mallappa Hanumanthappa Andrew of Bellakatte Village in Chitrdurga District in Karnataka, was attacked by 6 Hindu radicals on October 20th at 10.30 in the morning in broad public view, while he was walking on the road along with his brother. When his brother tried to intervene, he too was beaten up. The culprits subsequently also burnt down his House Church. On the pastor’s complaint, the Police from the Barmasagara Police Station have arrested 4 of the following perpetrators of the crime, i.e. Manjunath, Parashuram, Ramanna and Devaraj. But, as we learn, the arrested culprits have already been released on the influence exerted upon the police by the local activists.  read more »