Hindus desecrate Church

New Delhi: Scores of priests, bishops and Christian leaders on April 10 staged a dharna at the Boat Club to protest against the alleged desecration of the Cross at the Methodist Church premises in north Delhi by the Civil Lines police and a builder on April 8 night. Bishop S.K. Parmar, the resident bishop, sat on fast till death there. Bishop S.K. Parmar told reporters that the builder Rajesh Ahuja and the staff of Civil Lines police had come to 4, Battery Lane premises of the Methodist Church of India on April 8 night and had desecrated the cross. When the ‘members of the church present there objected to it, the policemen threatened them with dire consequences. The bishop said the builder wanted to take possession of the premises which the church authorities had refused to do. (Hindustan Times, April 11).