Christian Pastor rapes 12-year-old Tribal Hindu girl in Chittoor district.

Pastor caught and thrashed by local Hindu women while raping a 12-year-old girl in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh.

B Upendra Rao  | HENB | Tirupati | Sept 5, 2017::  A 12-year old girl was raped by a 51-year old pastor in Kuravakaluva village of Renigunta mandal in Chittoor district on Monday night. The incident came to light on Tuesday morning, when the village women had lodged a complaint with police.

According to women in the village, on Monday night around 8 p.m. Panneer Selvam, the pastor of small church in the village has taken the girl, who hails from a very poor family in the village to an open place near the church and violated her modesty.

A Hindu woman in the village, not wishing to be identified, saw the incident and immediately alerted her fellow women in the village. The Hindu women rushed to the spot and overpowered the middle aged Christian pastor. They tied him to a wooden post in the village and thrashed him.

Kuravakaluva village is mainly populated by tribal people with a faith in Hindu roots. But the Missionaries have been set their traps in these areas to covert these tribal people in Christianity alluring them in many ways.

Later in the night, higher-ups of the church in Renigunta belonging to New Hope Jesus Church (NHJC) took away Panneerselvam from the village to save him from furthers slaps and kicks of the Hindu women. On Tuesday morning, as the parents of the girl were afraid to go the police, some women took initiative and lodged a complaint with Gajulamandyam Police Station. When contacted, police officials said case has been registered and investigation is under progress.

Renigunta mandal is situated at the outskirt of important and very renowned Hindu Shrine Tirupati, the area has been overpowered by the Church Missionaries and the evangelical conversion and exploitation rates are very high.

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__inputs from ENS.