Click to play videoNew Delhi: Violence against the Christian community in Karnataka continues despite the Centre issuing its second advisory to Karnataka to rein in communal forces.
In fresh attacks, three more churches were targeted in the city even as security was scaled up for trouble-free Sunday prayers.
In Rajarajeshwari Nagar, miscreants pelted stones at a statue placed in a glass enclosure outside the Holy Name of Jesus Church, police said.
In North East Bangalore near Lumbini Gardens, miscreants damaged articles kept inside the St James Church. Stones were also pelted at a church in Banaswadi area of the locality, police said.
At least three persons suspected to be involved in the Lumbini Gardens incident have been rounded up. "We have to still confirm their involvement in the incident," police added.
The Union Home Ministry had on September 19 issued a strong advisory, the second in 24 hours, to Karnataka, saying that the BJP government in the state was not taking adequate steps to bring the situation under control and bring the guilty to book.
These developments amounted to "breach of the Constitution and the law of the country", the advisory has stated, virtually indicting the state government's handling of the situation in the wake of attacks on churches and Christians allegedly by the Bajrang Dal.
The attacks came a day after the Bajrang Dal's state Convenor Mahendra Kumar was arrested in connection with similar attacks in south Karnataka.
The Centre had threatened to take action in the state under Article 355 if the state administration failed to curb violence.
Christian Council organises protests against atrocities
A procession, protesting against growing number of atrocities against Christians allegedly by the Bajrang Dal, in Orissa, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh among other states, was taken out in Vijayawada by All India Christian Council.
Describing the violence as an attack on secularism, council's national secretary Sam Paul said that such incidents were posing a threat to religious harmony. Paul also demanded a ban on the Sangh Parivar, Bajrang Dal and VHP.
The Orissa government had lost all credibility to govern the state after failing to take action against religious forces that were openly admitting their involvement in the violence, Paul said adding that relief camps provided by the government were ill-equipped and ill-stocked.
Over 23,000 individuals from 350 villages that were attacked in Orissa were seeking refuge in the camps, Paul said.
(With agency inputs)
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