Source: International Christian Concern, July 24, 2019
India’s Supreme Court has granted bail to Bijaya Sanaseth, one of seven Christian prisoners who were wrongfully charged and convicted of murdering a Hindu priest in 2008. Sanaseth is the second of the seven Christians to be released on bail.
This false accusation triggered months of anti-Christian riots that swept across the Kandhamal District of Odisha. As a result, over 100 Christians were killed, 8,000 homes were burned or looted, 300 churches were destroyed, and 56,000 people were displaced.
As the riots raged, police arrested seven Christian men and wrongfully charged them with the murder of [the Hindu priest]. On little and often contradicting evidence, these seven Christians were found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment in 2013.
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