South Delhi church vandalized, police begin probe
Members of the St Alphonsa's Church said the miscreants jumped the wall and broke opened the main gate and ransacked the belongings of the church between 1 am and 3 am.
While police reached the spot and started investigating the matter reportedly as a case of robbery first, the church officials said they are clueless what led to the attack and who were behind it. However, they felt it was a case of attack on their religion.
"It is a clear case of desecration," said a cleric of the church, adding that only those things which are sacred to them are vandalized and it is not just a case of robbery.
Delhi's Archbishop Anil JT Couto was quoted in media saying that the attacks are clearly in an orchestrated manner.
Police had earlier arrested three people in connection with a similar vandalisation of a church in west Delhi's Vikaspuri last month, claiming that they "don't have any connection" with any political party or fringe groups.
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