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Religious conflict grows as churches burn in India
Religious conflict gripped eastern India on Monday, as Hindu mobs burnt at least four more churches, officials said.
- Agencies
- Published: 11:20 September 1, 2008
Bhubaneswar: Religious conflict gripped eastern India on Monday, as Hindu mobs burnt at least four more churches, officials said.
Thousands of people, mostly Christians, have taken shelter in makeshift camps in Orissa state, where Hindu mobs went on the rampage last week after a Hindu leader was killed.
Four churches in the districts of Koraput and Rayagada were set alight, Orissa's Director General of Police said.
A news report on Monday said two churches and several houses were burnt in Kandhamal, despite a curfew imposed in most towns in the district.
Officials said they could not confirm that report.
Thousands of security forces have been deployed in the state to control the violence, a senior police officer said.
"We are going to deploy in three more districts on Monday," he added.
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