THIS BREAKING NEWS WAS RECEIVED BY US LATE LAST NIGHT, AT ABOUT 10.45 PM, LONG AFTER THE DATE OF THE OCCURRENCE OF THE INCIDENT. A VILLAGE PASTOR'S ONLY TEENAGED DAUGHTER HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED BY A FEW MISCREANTS, ALLEGED TO BELONG TO THE SANGH PARIVAR OUTFIT.
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Sahapur - Bhadrak (Orissa): Pastor Pravakar Barik is a resident of Gokulpur village at Sahapr Gram Panchayat, Bhadrak District of Orissa. This village comes under the Tihidi Police Station. The pastor stays there with his wife Jharana, his daughter Sunemia, and a son Simiyon. Also about 30 believers stay in the same village.The pastor holds the church worship services in his own house, which is being objected to by the local Sangh Parivar activists. Also, he is being regularly tormented on this issue in different ways ever since 2002. His only eldest daughter, Sunemia Barik (17+) also called Lovely, was studying +2 Commerce in Tihidi Aided College, which is 18 kms away from their house and she used to cycle up to 7 Kms and then travel by the local public transport daily, and attend the college classes. She had been busy preparing for her Final Year Exam, scheduled to commence on 12th March, 2011.  read more »