Christian Pastor Beaten and Left to Die by Radical Nationalists in India

12/13/2020 India (International Christian Concern) – According to Morning Star News, a Christian pastor was beaten unconscious and left locked in a room to die by radical Hindu nationalists in India’s Bihar state.

On October 5, Pastor Shelton Vishwanathan was attacked by six nationalists as he was distributing gospel tracts in Tiryani village. According to Morning Star News, the nationalists confronted Pastor Shelton and told him to quit handing out the tracts. After Pastor Shelton agreed to their demands, the nationalists attacked.

The men seized the keys to Pastor Shelton’s scooter, took away his phone, and physically assaulted him. The last thing Pastor Shelton recalled happening was the nationalists were threatening to offer him as a sacrifice to their god as they beat him.

They punched my back and told me that they would offer me as a sacrifice to their deity as a punishment,” Pastor Shelton told Morning Star News. “They struck severe blows on my head, so that I soon fainted.

When pastor Shelton regained consciousness, he was locked by himself in a dark room.

I shouted for help, but nobody could hear me,” Pastor Shelton told Morning Star News. “I was lying down on the floor without food or water for the next few days. They did not give me anything to eat or drink.

After several days, an elderly woman who lived nearby heard Pastor Shelton’s cries and released him from the room. The elderly woman told Pastor Shelton the door was bolted from the outside and she was scared the nationalists would come after her if they found out she released him.

Had she not helped, I would not be alive today,” Pastor Shelton told Morning Star News. “I fully believe that it was God who sent her to help me.