Mark 13:13 “You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.”
A Christian man has been jailed in India because of “reasons of public order” despite the fact he has committed no crime.
Police arrested Arvind D’Souza on January 2nd after a group of radical Hindus in Uttar Pradesh began to riot, claiming that D’Souza had been “spreading Christianity.”
The group also said that D’Souza was committing the “forced conversion of women and children through the gift of Bibles.”
Superintendent of Police Amethi Hira Lal told Asia News that he had “found no evidence that D’Souza used force in converting anyone. However, since the fact could undermine public order, they took him into custody in accordance with Article 151 of the Code of Criminal Procedure and placed him under preventive detention for 14 days.”
The president of the Global Council of Indian Christians called the action a serious violation of human rights.
“This is a trend that is spreading more and more in India,” Sajan George said.
