Beleagavi: Protestant in Beleagavi Karnataka has been banned by police to rent community spaces or other places for the prayer trial, quoting “legal and order problems”.
Referrals came a few days after the edge group claiming to fight with forcibly conversion blown into a prayer session and attack members of the community.
Kota Kota K Police Commissioner Thiyagarajan said the direction to the Protestant community, who did not have its own church in Besagavi, in response to “complaints from the public” about places that were randomly rented for religious meetings.
“Community Hall, occupancy buildings and other companies should not be rented for routine prayer sessions.
If anyone wants to worship in the facility, the permit needs to be obtained from the government.” The source said the direct trigger for orders was a recent attack by clothing called Sri Rama Sena Hindustan, accused Protestants to do forced repentance.
Father Prabhakar from Bailhongal said the attack took place in a badminton arena that had been used by the community as a place for prayer for 15 years.
Immanuel Gaikwad, the Pastor of the Bible Bible Church, said a police officer called him to say regular religious meetings in rental places were illegal.
The school owner where the community has held a prayer session then refused to rent out the place, he said.
“We are now meeting online,” Gaikwad told Ti, showed that the community was “very upset because police actions violated the rights to worried about the constitution”.