[Goanet] Orissa Victims Narrate Heart-rending Sufferings
Hi, You may be interested in these reports regarding Orissa Attacks. With regards Ancy Paladka Ancy S. D'Souza, Paladka E2-139 Diwan Apt III Vasai Road East Thane Dist - 401 210 Tel: 0250-2390225 Cell: 9320733213 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Orissa Victims Narrate Heart-rending Sufferings Report and pics from Ancy Paladka Daijiworld Media Network - Mumbai (SP) Mumbai, Sep 6: Bombay Catholic Sabha had organized a programme to meet the three priests who were brutally attacked but miraculously survived, during the recent carnage in Orissa. The programme was held on Friday September 5 at Holy Spirit Hospital, Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri at 6.30 pm. Fr Edward Sequeira SVD and Fr Bernard Digal were brought in a wheelchair and wheel stretcher respectively, while Fr Thomas Chellan, who was discharged on Friday, could walk in. All the priests are being treated at the Holy Spirit Hospital... ... ... For a complete story with photographs please click http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=50752n_tit=Orissa+Victims+Narrate+Heart%2Drending+Sufferings For other stories please click http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MangaloreanCatholics/message/7168 A. Names of the Deceased in Orissa Attack 1. Dasarath Pradhan (Tiangia) 2. Kamolini Nayak (Mondakia) 3. Pastor Samuel Nayak (Bakingia) 4. Romesh Digal (Bakingia) 5. Jecob Digal (Petapanga) 6. Sureshon Nayak 7. Abhimonyu Nayak 8. Bikram Nayak (Tiangia) 9. Goyadhar Digal, Kasinipadar 10. Dibyasundar Digal 11. Parakhita Nayak(Tiangia) 12. Trinath Digal (Tiangia) 13. Joseph Digal 14. Gopan Nayak (Mondakia) 15. Khogeswar Pradhan 16. Ajuba Nayak, Barakhama 17. Rosananda Prodhan 18. Jaka Nayak Budamaha 19. Akhar Digal Totomaha 20. Sidheswar Digal, Sulisoru 21. Praful Nayak, Barakhama 22. Mary Digal, Barakhama 23. Daniel Mallick (Pastor) Bankingia 24. Michael Nayak, Bankingia 25. Gulu, Kanbagiri 26. Bidyadhara Digal, Kattargarh B. Churches Attacked 1. Petapanga Church 2. Catholic Church, Mondakia 3. Catholic Church, Ratingia 4. Believers church, Ratingia 5. Diocese Church, Ratingia 6. Believers Church, Gimangia 7. Diocese Church, Gimangia 8. Mdahukia Church 9. Catholic Church, Raikia 10. Catholic Church, Badimunda 11. Pentocastal Church, Badimunda 12. Catholic Church, Breka 13. Pentocastal Church, Breka 14. Catholic Church, Pobingia 15. Catholic Church, Srasanaanda 16. Catholic Church, Phulbani 17. Catholic Church, Phulbani 18. Catholic Church, Balliguda 19. Catholic Church, Sankrakhol 20. R.C. Church, Kanjamedi 21. Diocese Church, Kanjamedi 22. Pentecostal Church, Kanjamedi 23. Pentecostal Church Jugapadar, Nuagam 24. Baptist Church, Tumudiband 25. Pentecostal Church, Tumudiband 26. Catholic Church, Padanpur 27. Church in Dhanpur 28. Catholic Church, Tiangia 29. Baptist Church, Tiangia 30. Catholic Church, Gabindapali 31. Catholic Church, Padua 32. Catholic Church, Duburi 33. Pentecostal Church, Tiangia 34. Seveth Advent Church Bakingia 35. Catholic Church Nilungia36. Pentecostal Church Nilungia 37. Catholic Church Boipariguda 38. R.C. Bakingia 39. Penteconstal church, Bakingia 40. R.C. Kotimaha 41. Pentocostal church, Budamaha 42. Baptist Church, Sukananda 43. Pentaconstal church Adaskupa 44. R.C. Church, Adaskupa 45. Pentacostal Church, Rupagao 46. Sulesoru Church 47. Pengoberi village Church 48. Kambaguda, Church 49. Tengapadar village church 50. Prakash Prayer House, Raikia C. Shops Destroyed in Raikia 1. Biraj Nayak - Chicken Centre 2. Alok Nayak - Chicken Centre 3. Chiku Nayak 4. Rohit Nayak - Tea Stall 5. Simon Nayak - Computer 6. Kabula Nayak 7. Sudhir Nayak - Xerox 8. Junes Nayak - Computer 9. Jerbas Mondal - Grocery 10. Paburia shops D. Convents 1. St. Joseph's Convent, Sankharkhole 2. St. Anne's Convent, Pobinga 3. Mt. Carmel Convent, Balliguda 4. St. Anne's Convent, Padangi E. Hostels 1. Boy's Hostel, Padangi 2. Girl's Hostel, Padangi 3. Balliguda Convent 4. Boy's Hostel, Pobingia 5. Girl's Hostel, Pobingia F. Six Institutions Damaged 1. Janvikas 2. Pastoral Center 3. Ajka, Raikia 4. Poly Shree, Paburia 5. Gramya Pragati, Balliguda 6. Karuna, Raikia G. Priests and Religious Attacked who are Seriously Injured 1. Fr. Thomas Chellan 2. Fr. Bernard Digal 3. Fr. Edward, SVD 4. Fr. Simon Lakra, SVD 5. Sr. Meena HM 6. Fr. Xavier Tirkey
[Goanet] Orissa Victims Narrate Heart-rending Sufferings
Orissa Victims Narrate Heart-rending Sufferings Report and pics from Ancy Paladka Daijiworld Media Network - Mumbai (SP) Mumbai, Sep 6: Bombay Catholic Sabha had organized a programme to meet the three priests who were brutally attacked but miraculously survived, during the recent carnage in Orissa. The programme was held on Friday September 5 at Holy Spirit Hospital, Mahakali Caves Road, Andheri at 6.30 pm. Fr Edward Sequeira SVD and Fr Bernard Digal were brought in a wheelchair and wheel stretcher respectively, while Fr Thomas Chellan, who was discharged on Friday, could walk in. All the priests are being treated at the Holy Spirit Hospital. In his testimony Fr Edward, a native of Kirem near Mangalore said, that during his 28 years of service in Orissa, he had not converted a single person to Christianity. The perpetrators of the organized crime hate us because of the fact that we educate tribals, whom they have been exploiting since long. They are afraid that the tribals will one day rise to their level, both educationally and economically. Hindu organizations like VHP, RSS, Bajrang Dal etc., which execute such evil designs, should be treated as terrorist organizations and banned, he demanded. I was running a leprosy centre for the people belonging to a tribe called 'Brinjal'. They Brinjals believe, that having at least one male child was very much necessary for every family. Girls are treated with neglect and sent to do menial labour, domestic work etc., and use to suffer from malnutrition. I picked some boys from their tribe, who would go to them and help their people. I also built an orphanage and picked some girls basically from the families having several girls and gave them education. Rajni Majh (girl who was burnt in the incident), was one of the girls who was actually adopted. But she was ill-treated when the couple which adopted her conceived a boy. Rajni was a very active girl in the orphanage and good in sports. She was doing graduation and had even represented at university level sports competitions. She was like a leader in the orphanage, he explained. I did not know who Swami Laxmananand Saraswati was and had never seen him. I was also not aware about his killing on August 23 evening, the responsibility for which was claimed by the Maoist organization. Actually his place is over 500 kms away from my place. On August 25 Afternoon, at about 1.30 pm, I sat to have my lunch when all of a sudden a huge crowd of more than 500 people gathered in front of my home and asked for the priest. When I identified myself, they took out iron rods, spades, sticks and other weapons which they were hiding, and started shouting slogans against me and hitting and thrashing me for more than a hour, he recollected. Then they heaped and set on fire all my books, papers, clothes etc., in the room. They then threw me into the fire and locked the room from outside. I had suffered fractures all over my body and also in my hands but somehow, with divine strength, I managed to escape into my bathroom and poured some water on the fire and extinguish it. Then I hid in the bathroom and locked the door and windows. By that time the arsonists had already set fire to the roof of my building. They also broke open the window of my bathroom. But it was filled with smoke, and they did not find me. As I had also not locked the window that they opened, they thought that I was dead. As they walked away, I breathed through the small hole of the window. They also caught Rajni Majh, brought her next to my room and set her on fire. I could hear her screams, before falling unconscious. I was saved because of the efforts of Dr Mary Kutty of Handmaids of Mary, and Dr Rajnesh Samal, a Baptist missionary, he said, recollecting the help extended by them as he was picked up at 6.30 am the next morning. How can the violence erupt at several places at the same time, unless it was an organized crime? Are they given the licence to kill people?, he questioned. They label us as converters. But we do not convert people. We only educate them to live a dignified life. Even after conducting 'reconversion' and subjecting the so called 'converters' through 'purification programmes' by using dung and urine of cows, they do not allow them to mingle with their own community members, he lamented. Fr Thomas Chellan, director of the Pastoral Centre at the Bhubaneshwar archdiocese which is 260 kms away from Kandhmal, narrated a similar story. He along with a priest and a nun, fled through the backyard. They saw their pastoral centre distroyed with a bomb on the August 24 afternoon. They fled to the jungles and at night, came back to the house of a Hindu friend and took shelter. Sensing danger, the family shifted them to an adjacent house and locked it from outside to give an impression that no one resides therein. But somehow miscreants located them, dragged them out and hit them, stripped and tortured him in all possible ways. The same agony was
