Indian Church torched by unknown miscreants

Hyderabad, India: January 27, 2010, (PCTV Newsdesk)

A mob of unknown miscreants set fire to a Hyderabad church in Andhra Pradesh state, India on January 22, 2010.

According to the Global Council of Indian Christians (GCIC), the group of miscreants broke into Gipsy Memorial Church in the early hours of the morning and poured out gallons of kerosene, setting the church on fire.

As the incident took place, Pastor Kumara Nayak (38), the minister of this church who resides nearby, noticed the church caught up in flames, and immediately ran towards the church to try and flight to flames.

In his attempts to extinguish the fire, he received third degree burns all over his body and was admitted to Relief Hospital in Hyderabad.

A complaint has been lodged against the unknown perpetrators at the nearest police station and they are making efforts to catch the culprits.

Pastor S. Kumara Nayak has been in the ministry for the past four years. He is married and blessed with two children.