Cross found destroyed near Shirva in Udupi
The Hindu
A cross consecrated at a private land on a hillock in Kattingeri-Kudremale of Moodubelle village under Shirva Police station limits in Udupi district was found destroyed on Friday.
A cross consecrated at a private land on a hillock in Kattingeri-Kudremale of Moodubelle village under Shirva Police station limits in Udupi district was found destroyed on Friday.
Udupi Superintendent of Police K. Arun said there are no houses around the cross. The nearest house is about 1 km down the hillock. People have to trek about 10 minutes from the base to reach the top and pray before the cross.
It was intact about 15 days ago. When people went atop the hill on Friday to offer prayers, they noticed that some miscreants had destroyed the cross. Efforts are being made to trace those allegedly involved in the crime.
The Shirva police have registered a case in this connection under Sections 299 (Deliberate and malicious acts that insult or attempt to insult the religious beliefs) and 353 (2) (Statements conducing to public mischief) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.
Prashanth Jathana, State president of Indian Christian Federation, while speaking to reporters in Udupi condemned the incident. He said that about 30 families offered prayers at the site annually that belonged to Joseph Valerian Lobo.
“Someone must have done this to vitiate communal harmony, he said, adding that Fla Levan Fernandes, a resident of the area, had filed a complaint on the same with police.
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