Source:  www.assistnews.net

Date:  2008-05-21

By James Varghese
Special to ASSIST News Service

ANDHRA PRADESH, INDIA (ANS) -- A vacation Bible school was recently attacked by radical Hindu activists.

According to a news report carried by Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC) on their website www.persecution.in, the May 16 attack was carried out by these groups; Rashtriya Swayam Sevaks (RSS, National Volunteer Servants) and Bharatiya Janatha Party (BJP, an Indian political party.

The attack occurred at a village called Krishnadasanapalli,Chittoor District, in Andhra Pradesh.

According to the story on www.persecution.in, the Andhra Pradesh BJP State Secretary Jaya Pratap led a group of 20 RSS/BJP activists to the vacation Bible school being conducted by a Christian woman.

It was also reported the radicals took police officers with them and filed a case against the teacher. In addition, they verbally abused her and tore Bible tracts and other religious material.

The story on www.persecution.in reported that the teacher has filed a counter claim against the radicals who attacked her class.