Monday, November 10, 2008

On 2nd November 2008 regular worship was going on, at noon some policemen from Bagalkot TownPolice station arrived and asked the pastor to call off the prayer meeting immediately. He was warned not to conduct any meeting without the prior permission from D.C. The police officials also collected personal details of 25 persons who were attending the worship.

Basappa Adapur has been Pastor for the past 10 years of Shalom Full Gospel Association in Bagalkot district. He also manages Orphanage called Shalom Girls Boarding Home, Bagalkot.

Pastor Basappa had been targetted in an assault on 27th July 2008, during which even innocent children present in the church were not spared: miscreants pushed a 4-year old child to the wall causing severe injuries. Five other Christians, all women and children, also sustained serious injuries: the Pastor's wife Renuka (38), daughters Krupa(16) Manjula(15) and two orphans Yellamma (13) and Sudha (12) were injured in the assault. All of them underwent medical treatment at the Keruddi Hospital in Bagalkot.

Pastor Basappa has written to the District Administrator, the Governor and also GCIC requesting protection and preservation of thier human rights. source
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