Author: Debasis Tripathy
Publication: Organiser
Date: August 26, 2007
URL: http://www.organiser.org/dynamic/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=198&page=8
Best example of torture and harassment of
students inside the white walls of Christian church has come out to picture.
Two nuns (sisters) are arrested for torturing and keeping homosexual affairs
with students at Baripada.
According to police records, two minor girls
namely Anjana Behera of village Titia and Sarojini Murmu of village Nachhipur
under Khunta police station took admission in the "Bijoy Sadan",
missionary chhatri nivas", a school run by Christian missionaries. It
functions in the premises of the local Baptist church at village Baghamara.
After their admissions they were allegedly compelled to worship Jesus Christ
and to chant Bible continuously from 5 AM to 11.30 AM. As they were failing
to do this due to sickness, tortured a lot both physically and mentally. In
order to save life, both of them flew from the school and these heinous acts
of missionaries came to light. Protests made by the local Hindu social organisation
to arrest the culprits.
The two victims in the local police station
on July 27, 2007 lodged F.I.R. S.Saswati the in-charge district collector
of Mayurbhanj visited the spot along with the investigating cops. On July
28, 2007, two nuns namely sister Marry (50) and sister Prema (60) were arrested
and forwarded to the court of S.D.J.M, Baripada. Latter as the court rejected
their bail applications, they are remanded to judicial custody.
Shri Ranjan Mishra, a local social activist
told that, "Inside the church school, many heinous activities are going
on. Students are forced to have sex with attendants and teachers. As most
of the students belong from poor vanvasi community, their torture has no limit.
We have informed the district administration about this, and if no actions
taken, we will not sit silently," he warned.
On the other-hand, the church authorities
have denied to comment more on the issue, expect the word "Truth will
prevail".