Assam Church

Christmas was disrupted in Assam's Silchar on Saturday after men claiming to be members of the Bajrang Dal - a right-wing group with ties to the ruling BJP - forced their way into a church and said Hindus could not celebrate the Christian festival.

Hindus who visit churches to take part in Christmas celebrations will be "beaten", a leader of right-wing group Bajrang Dal declared - to raucous cries of "Jai Shri Ram" - at an event at Silchar in Assam's Cachar district earlier this week

Christmas was disrupted in Assam's Silchar on Saturday after men claiming to be members of the Bajrang Dal - a right-wing group with ties to the ruling BJP - forced their way into a church and said Hindus could not celebrate the Christian festival.

Hindus who visit churches to take part in Christmas celebrations will be "beaten", a leader of right-wing group Bajrang Dal declared - to raucous cries of "Jai Shri Ram" - at an event at Silchar in Assam's Cachar district earlier this week