Two Salesian priests and a nun, along with a group of students were attacked by communal elements in Kawant, Gujarat on Wednesday, Dec. 19.
At around 8 pm Salesian priest father Monty Rodrigues, Damien Sladen, Brother Ramesh Durairaj, Dominican sister Manju along with a group of students from Don Bosco Kawant were staging a social awareness play at Baidiya village in Kawant Taluka, Gujarat. Mid-way through the play, some communal elements disrupted the programme and demanded that the group leave the village.
Sensing further trouble, the awareness programme was immediately halted. The group started returning to Kawant. However, on the way back, they were stopped by a large group of persons and were badly assaulted.
In the attack, Fr. Damien Sladen and Br. Ramesh Durairaj were seriously injured. Several of the students, including some girls also sustained injuries.
Attempt was made to disrobe Sr Manju. Only Fr. Monty Rodrigues managed to escape and return to Kawant, where he alerted the police.
Initially, the police refused to file the First Information report.
However, on insistance, a police complaint has been lodged.
Br. Ramesh and Fr. Damien, along with two other of the most seriously injured boys, have been rushed to Baroda for medical attention.
The Salesians of Don Bosco have been working in Kawant for the past twenty five year
RE:This is ModiLand..who's safe..surely not Monority
by RAJESH Iyengar on Dec 21, 2007 01:23 PM Permalink
Unlike poll surveys, RBI statistics favour Modi
The verdict on who will rule Gujarat for the next five years will be out on Sunday.
Most surveys suggest the going could be tough for the current chief minister Narendra Modi [Images], but statistics suggest the state has done well under him on a number of parameters.
A recent Reserve Bank of India [Get Quote] report says that Gujarat under Modi was the favourite destination for investments in the country in 2007 -- it ranked first on the list with proposed investments of Rs 73,170 crore in 86 projects, accounting for 25.8 per cent of the total.
At a time when state after state is grappling with a deteriorating industrial relations situation, Gujarat lost just 1.03 man days in 2006.
This is better than Maharashtra (2.41), Tamil Nadu (3.33) and West Bengal (152.62). While Nandigram [Images] and Singur were on a boil this year, there has not been a single major land dispute in Gujarat during the past few years.
In the last six years, the Modi government has worked on 72 initiatives including public-private participation in health care, adult education, urban development, rural infrastructure and farming and gender equality apart from encouraging investments into the state.
The state's Plan expenditure has grown at an annualised rate of 32.25 per cent between 2001-02 and 2006-07 and its non-Plan expenditure for the same period reduced by 8.98 per cent.
The annualised growth in revenue expenditure over the period was 4.7
RE:This is ModiLand..who's safe..surely not Monority
by will on Dec 21, 2007 01:29 PM Permalink
what about indians/hindus are attacked in Malaysia or any other xtian ruled countries???
RE:This is ModiLand..who's safe..surely not Monority
by Val Usa on Dec 21, 2007 11:18 PM Permalink
Call RSS and VHP...they are sleeping...may be call Butcher Modi..he may make some noise or Pravin Togadia..now they are sleeping..busy with elction results.
RE:RE:This is ModiLand..who's safe..surely not Monority
by A Singh on Dec 22, 2007 10:47 AM Permalink
Hindus have had a long tradition of being attacked and enslaved. If even Hindus start complaining, who will take up slavery for a living?
RE:This is ModiLand..who's safe..surely not Monority
by A Singh on Dec 22, 2007 10:45 AM Permalink
You are right. Even Hindus are not safe under Modi. Godhra happened with Modi in the chair, and 254 Hindus were killed in post Godhra riots.
