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Two Christian priests abducted,
beaten in Rajasthan

All-India Christian Council executive member Samson Christian on Friday alleged that two Christian priests from Gujarat were abducted and severely beaten on Thursday night by an armed group of fundamentalists, in Rajasthan's Udaipur district.

In a letter to the Rajasthan chief minister seeking action against the culprits, Samson alleged that while David Masih, one of the priests, has been hospitalised in Sabarkantha district in Gujarat with broken limbs, whereabouts of Simon Sakria, the other priest, were still not known.

Both the priests had left Gujarat's Himmatnagar district on Thursday to take part in a prayer meeting at the residence of one Rameshbhai D Solanki at Jaher village in neighbouring Rajasthan's Udaipur district to bless his daughter, according to the letter, a copy of which was released to the press in Ahmedabad.

The meeting was interrupted mid-way by a group of 40 to 50 heavily armed persons, who humiliated the priests before taking them away,

Samson urged for swift action to rescue Simon Sakria and punish the guilty.

The copies of the letter were also faxed to the President, prime minister, National Human Rights Commission among a host of other offices and dignitaries throughout the country.

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