Delhi: Christian Community Protests Against Attack on Churches, Dozens Of Protesters Detained

Dozens of people have been detained by the Police in Delhi for protesting against the recent attacks on the churches in the city. There have been five attacks on churches in Delhi in the last couple of months. 

Christian groups are alleging that the BJP-led government at the center is not doing enough to keep the extremist elements of the society at bay; hence the safety of the minority communities is at a risk. The Delhi Police is denying the allegations, though.

Today's protest comes after a church in the Vasant Kunj locality of Delhi was vandalized on Monday by some unidentified elements. 

Protesters gathered outside the city's main Catholic Sacred Heart Cathedral in central Delhi. They were carrying placards with slogans reading 'enough is enough, what are police doing?'

Police informed that the protesters were arrested because they were marching towards the residence of the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh; protesters are not allowed in the area. 

Senior police officer MK Meena told the reporters: "They have no permission to protest on the road. They can't just march to the home minister's residence. We have to protect the homes of VIPs.''

Father Jolly, one of the protesters, said that the attacks on the churches are making the Christian folks feel very 'unsafe' in the capital city.  "The prime minister is still silent on the issue. In the backdrop of these attacks, he should come forward and issue a statement. He should give us confidence."

The Delhi Police is saying that it has provided security to more than 200 churches in the capital.

In the month of December last year, a church was allegedly set on fire by some miscreants. Initially, the police blamed faulty wiring for the incident, but after protests by the Christian community, the filed a case against unidentified people.

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US Secret Service Personnel Arrive In India Ahead Of President Obama's Visit

Ahead of Barak Obama's arrival in India, 25 of the best US Secret Service agents have come to Delhi to supervise his safe stay in the country. The agents are presently staying in the The Maurya Sheraton Hotel. They have held a meeting with officials of Indian security agencies and Delhi police to discuss the security issues; the meeting was conducted in the basement of the hotel and lasted for an hour and half.    

“Ahead of the US President’s scheduled visit, an “advance security liaisoning meeting” was held in the basement of the hotel where the senior officials of intelligence agencies and officials from Security Wing of Delhi Police, Additional Commissioner of Police SBS Tyagi and Additional DCP Amit Roy were present,” a source said.

The Delhi Police officials presented their plan of action to their US counterparts and asked them to reciprocate. The agents of the US secret service are satisfied with the security road map of the Delhi Police. 

But the Indian officials could not get much success in convincing the US security folks to let the President travel in the Indian President's limousine that will take him to Rajpath. The matter is supposed to be negotiated again.  

“Interestingly, US secret agents told the Indian intelligence agencies that the US President will be accompanied by his chefs to ensure that his food is not spiked,” a police source informed the media.

It should be noted that when President Obama went to Myanmar last year in November to attend the East Asia Summit, six aircraft of equipment, vehicles, oil tankers, helicopters,  and 1600 US personnel were send to oversee the visit. Even the fuel used by the security cavalcade of President was brought from the US in Navy ship.  

Around 10000 paramilitary personnel will join the Delhi Police whose strength is around 80000 to make the Rajpath parade a full-proof exercise.

Barak Obama will be landing on Indian soil on 25 January.  

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Shashi Tharoor Cries Foul In Sunanda Pushkar Murder Case, Says He's Being Framed

In his letter, written to Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi on 12 November, Sahshi Throor urged the police chief that he should take stern action against the officers who are trying to frame him in the murder of his wife Sunanda Pushkar. The letter is now doing rounds in the media

Tharoor has accused four Delhi Police officers of interrogating his domestic help Narayan Singh twice last month; on November 7 for 16 hours and on November 8 for 14 long hours. On both the occasions, the guy was badly assaulted by one of the officers.

"Worse, that officer used the traumatic physical assault to try and intimidate Narayan into 'confessing' that he and I murdered my wife," the former minister and current Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram said.

He also mentioned that he let the Police Chief know about his concerns. "As you graciously agreed, such conduct is completely unacceptable and illegal. It also amounts to the use of physical coercion in the attempt to frame an innocent man. I would request you to take immediate and appropriate action against such unlawful misconduct of the officer concerned," he wrote.

Further in the letter he wrote, "My staff and I have always made ourselves available for any kind of inquiry and investigation but the recent behavior of the officers towards my staff is a matter of serious concern to any law abiding citizen. Please look into the matter personally and ensure that the unvarnished truth comes out in this case."

The politician has accepted that the he had complete trust in Delhi police and will cooperate with the investigation to make sure the timely completion of the case.

The written communication became public a day after the announcement by the Delhi Police that Pushkar did not die a natural death, she was poisoned. The Police Commissioner informed the media that this was the conclusion drawn from the medical report issued by AIIMS, which conducted the post-mortem of Pushkar.      

Sunanda Pushkar, 52, was found dead in a suspicious condition in a seven star hotel room on January 17 last year. Tharoor was the minister in the UPA government, his proximity with the Gandhi family is also not a secret.

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