Recently
I found a story of horrific torture of children in Christian shelter home.
These shelter homes project as if they are doing a great social work and ask
Hindu people to donate money to them. They claim that they are providing food,
shelter and education to poor children. But in truth they are misusing donation
money, torturing children and forcing them to learn Bible instead of providing
any useful education. Any Hindu should not give even a single rupee to such
organization.
Same
thing is done by Christian schools in India. These schools teach Bible as part
of curriculum. They criticize Hindu god and goddesses. Children are given an
impression that Christianity is the only way to reach God. I would like to tell
an incidence which I came to know from one of my colleague. His nice was going
to a high end Christian school in Delhi. One day driver of the bus stopped bus
on the road saying that engine has failed. He asked children to pay to Bhagwan
Ram to make the bus run. Children prayed and bus did not start. He asked children
to pray to Waheguru Ji to start the bus and bus did not start. After that he is
asked to pay to Jesus for starting the bus and bus started after that. These
kinds of tricks are played on young minds. My Colleague was hurt by this and
they complained to school about this but no action was taken against the
driver. They could not even take out the child out of the school because they
could not find any other suitable school.
I
have decided that I will not send my children to any Christian school even if
it is cheaper and provide good academic records. I am happy if I end up
spending few thousands extra and my child get few less marks. But I am not
ready to compromise on my religious belief.
Kids hung from ceiling, beaten for not reciting Bible in Noida shelter homes
IndiaToday.in New Delhi, January 8, 2016 | UPDATED 14:03 ISTAtleast 30 children were rescued by police during raids conducted in two shelter homes in Greater Noida and Meerut last month. The children belonging to poor families alleged that they were forcibly converted to Christianity by their caretakers.
The development came after a mother of a nine-year-old boy informed a children's helpline about the on-going atrocities in the shelter homes run by the Emmanuel Seva Group.
According to Hindustan Times, these children were 'hung by the wrists from a ceiling fan, starved for days and beaten mercilessly for failing to recite Bible passages'.
Describing their ordeal, the children said that they were restricted to the home for three years and were served cockroach-infested food. Forced to live in poor conditions, the children described their stay as a 'jail term'.
"I was allowed to meet my parents once a month for only 15 minutes. The only thing I was taught was the Bible. They forced me to memorise its passages," said the nine-year-old boy.
"They gave us good clothes whenever visitors came. They made us stand in line and recite Bible passages. Faltering meant a beating with sticks and belts later. Once the guests left, the shelter in-charge snatched away our clothes, sweets and gifts and we were back in rags again," he added.
The boy's older sister added that the children were forced to sleep on a dirty floor strewn with rodent droppings.
"They never allowed us to step outside. We were not given food for three days at a stretch if we forgot a Bible passage," the report quoted her, as saying.
The complainant said that Josua Devraj, whom she met at a Delhi hospital, offered to raise her children and promised to make them IAS officers.
"He forced us to circulate pamphlets and copies of the Bible in public places but never paid us," she said.
Following the complaint, the children were rescued on December 29 after police raided both the homes.
"The victim's mother had approached us on December 28. We contacted the police and conducted a raid at Naya Haibatpur village in Bisrakh area. It was found that a shelter home with the name of Emanuel Sewa Group was operating illegally. Seven children were kept there in squalid and untidy condition. The children were also found to be malnourished. A subsequent raid was conducted at the shelter home of the same organisation in Meerut from where 23 children were rescued," said Satyaprakash, programme manager, FXB Suraksha NGO.
The mother alleged that, after the children were rescued, the shelter's employees threatened to take her children back.
"They pelted stones at our house and beat us up with batons. They fled when the neighbours gathered," she said.
"A case was registered at the Bisrakh police station. We are investigating whether the organisation had permission to run a shelter home. Three persons, including the caretaker of the shelter home, have been detained and are being questioned. We are investigating the claims of the rescued children," said Ashwani Kumar, in charge, Bisrakh police station.
Accused Joshua Devraj refused to comment on the issue.
"Yes, raids were conducted but I cant tell you much about it. I will comment on this issue later," he said.
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