Body of pastor found beheaded in Jharkhand
2018-05-01
The beheaded body of Pastor Abraham Topno, 46, was found close to his isolated village Kubasal. The wife of 46-year-old Abraham Topno reported him missing late Tuesday evening. Police Inspector Gimal Kumar said that the pastor was kidnapped and killed May 1st as his jeep taxi drove through a dangerous, dense forest area near the capital city of Ranchi. "They pulled the pastor and the driver out, blindfolded them and tied their hands with a stiff rope. Then they cut his throat." The assailants released taxi driver Ranga Singh Munda and urged him to run away. Police Inspector Kumar said the Maoists had targeted Pastor Topno because they suspected him of being a police informant. The pastor's friends and relatives denied the accusation. Instead, they say the Maoists targeted him because he was winning tribal people to Christ. The pastor's nephew Aman Christochit said the killers spared the pastor's driver Ranga Singh Munda. The driver told that more than 25 people dressed in military fatigues and carrying weapons were waiting for the pastor on a deserted road.
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