Update: 11.56 AM

Police have arrested seven accused in connection with attack on church in Chhattisgarh’s capital Raipur on Sunday. The men were tracked through the three motorbikes recovered from the spot.

The Union home ministry has already asked for a report on the incident. “The administration has taken action and the culprits will not be spared,” said junior home minister Kiren Rijiju.

Raipur: A church in Raipur’s Kachna area was vandalised allegedly by activists of Bajrang Dal on Sunday when the prayer service was goin on. The activists reportedly also beat up the people inside the church.

According to eyewitnesses, around 25 men entered the church at noon, raising slogans of “Jai Shri Ram”. They roughed up the men and even beat up the women. Around 65 worshippers were present at the time.

Arjun Pannalal, president of Chhattisgarh’s Christian Forum, who filed a complaint with the police, alleged that the miscreants were activists of Bajrang Dal.

“They started damaging everything and tore up the women’s clothes. They also knocked down a child. They began alleging that people were being converted here. They fled before police could reach at the spot. However the cops could recover three of the bikes. They desecrated the Bible and some of the pictures that were hung on the wall,” he told the media.

A FIR has been registered against unknown men and have seized three motorbikes from the church premises on which, they say, the attackers had come. The police, however, have denied that any women were harmed. Manhunt has been launched to nab the attackers.