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The Catholic Secular Forum (CSF) strongly protests police inaction against some miscreants, allegedly from the Hindu Rashtra Sena, who brutally beat up carol singing Christians on Worli Seaface yesterday. The police took notice of the abduction & thrashing only on the intervention of Dr. Abraham Mathai, Maharashtra Minorities Commission, but merely warned the attackers & let them off scot free. The CSF is meeting RR Patil, the state home minister seeking action against the errant police officials and urging action against the ringleader Dhananjay Desai, who can be heard spitting venom on Utube and spreading hatred among communities:
 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRZZ2ARGYxU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDYGW1RdANc&NR=1

In the above videos, Dhananjay Desai openly claims his organisation to be a fascist and fundamental one. He goes further calling Muslims & Christians anti-national and terrrorists, including hitting out at Christian Missionaries... He is prepared to go to any extent, including use of violence to make India a Hindu Nation - Hindu Rashtra. Who will do something about this?
 

In the evening (18 December, 2010) around 25 members of the New Life Church youth group were singing carols, ushering the Christmas spirit of joy, love & peace, which was enjoyed by hundreds of onlookers. Suddenly, one Dhananjay Desai in a Scorpio jeep allegedly called out to one of the male revellers and told him - "These Christians are giving you money for doing this and we can give you and more, if you join us". To which, the youth replied, he would not forsake Jesus for money and was happy with the group.
 

Dhananjay Desai then made a couple of calls and 3 cars rushed to the spot with miscreants, who broke into the youth group and beat them up mercilessly, tearing up the clothes and took them for a ride, while all this was happening. Even women were not spared and after the beaten, all were taken to the Worli Police Station on Annie Beasant Road. There the culprits told the police that a mob of Hindus offended by the youth carol singing had beaten them up. The police instead of assisting, refused to entertain or help those beaten up and almost half naked with clothes torn for our on end.
 

Finally, when the issue was taken up  with Dr. Mathai, the police relented, however they let off the culprits with a mere warning. Even as this was happening, the culprits warned the victims of dire consequences if they persisted in holding Christian programmes publicly and left jeering and unrepentant. This is the third attack on the New Life Church in the area that has about a thousand members. The church leaders made it clear and pointed out to the police that they did not believe in speaking ill of any faith, not did they have any objectionable material - but to no avail. Hence, they were compelled to forgive the culprits and leave after a persecuting trial of almost 4 hours at the hands of not just the law-breakers, but also those expected to uphold the law.