Silchar, Jun 6 : A group of miscreants belonging to Hmar community claiming themselves as member of Manmasi National Christian Army had allegedly been terrorizing the Hindu residents of Bhuvan Hill, a pilgrimage 38 km from Silchar town.Local resident alleged that the Hmar militants had been forcing them to convert into Christianity.
Manmasi National Christian Army cadres had painted cross symbol on the walls of Hindu temples with their blood.
Terrified residents told a team of Viswa Hindu Parishad that the Hmar youths, arms in their hand, had asked the Hindu villagers to convert into Christianity as the leader of the UPA Government Sonia Gandhi was herself a Christian.
Sources said, the tyranny of the Hmar militants began at least two months back after the Congress, led by Lalthanhwala, assumed power in the neighbouring State Mizoram.
At least seven to eight Hmar youths had been regularly visiting the Bhuvan Hill, which had nearly 700 Hindu people as well as eight Hindu temples.
Hmar youths, with gun in one hand and the Bible in the other, had told the villagers that they had recently met Sonia Gandhi and it was her instruction that if the Hindus got themselves converted into Christianity, the government would open schools in the Hill.
Recently, the Hmar youths convened a meeting of the villagers in Tezpur village on the Bhuvan Hill and distributed the Bible among the villagers.
They had even built up a church in Tezpur village. Meanwhile, Rajkumar, priest of Naga mandir on the Bhuvan Hill, told the VHP members that he was forced by the Hmars to show them the tracks on the Hills at gunpoint. Further, the Hmars posted a flag, a tabloid and a Holy cross on the wall of one of the temples bearing the dated May 29, 2009.
VHP leaders today had shown the video-graphy containing the footage of the Hindu temples bearing blood-stained Holy cross symbol.
A local resident and a leader of VHP, Sudip Chakraborty, said pilgrims from various parts of the country had been visiting the Bhuvan Hill since 1816, but now Christians were terrorizing the Hindus for conversion.
He said, a deep-rooted conspiracy had been hatched to convert the poor Hindu villagers into Christianity.
These Hmar youths were coming from Mizoram, but they had powerful patrons behind them, Chakraborty added.
The VHP had asked the administration to arrange security for the Hindu temples, priests as well as the Hindu villagers of the Bhuvan Hills. Further, miscreants as well as their mentors should immediately be booked, Chakraborty claimed.