http://www.persecutionblog.com/2009/09/india-pastor-falsely-accused-.html
September 8, 2009
INDIA – Pastor Falsely Accused
Hindus in Madhya Pradesh, India, have accused Pastor Kamlesh Tahed and
three other Christians of murdering a young man who was killed in a
fight between two locals, according to Compass Direct News.
On Aug. 8, Roop Singh Baria was killed during violence between the
Baria and Tahed clans regarding 1,000 rupees (US $20), which had been
borrowed by one of the Tahed family members. When members of the Baria
clan filed a report with the police about the incident, they
implicated Pastor Tahed, Kasna Tahed and two other believers, Ramesh
Tahed and Vasna Tahed, in the murder. The four men and other locals
insist that the Christians were not present when the murder took place.
Following the incident, Pastor Tahed said, “I once was one of them,
but in the 20 years since I became a Christian, they have been
dragging me into false cases and hate me for my work of evangelism.”
In 2001, Pastor Tahed was jailed for 20 days on false charges of
"forcible conversion." He was released after a costly court battle,
which proved his innocence. At last report, he was in hiding and the
three other accused believers were in police custody.
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