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National \| Previous \| Next 43 Christian tombs ravaged in A.P. VISAKHAPATNAM, AUG. 28. Tension gripped Anakapalli town in Andhra Pradesh today following destruction of 43 tombs built by the Christian community in a common burial ground, midnight on Monday. Three persons including the president of the Hindu Samshana Vaatika Samrakshana Samithi, Mr. S.S.N. Raju, were arrested following a complaint from the United Pastors Fellowship president, Mr. Francis K. Sudhakar, and three others. The town, 50 km from here, had a common burial ground on the banks of River Sarada, which fell into dispute with Hindus objecting to Christians building permanent cement structures shrinking the space. - UNI Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
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National \| Previous \| Next 43 Christian tombs ravaged in A.P. VISAKHAPATNAM, AUG. 28. Tension gripped Anakapalli town in Andhra Pradesh today following destruction of 43 tombs built by the Christian community in a common burial ground, midnight on Monday. Three persons including the president of the Hindu Samshana Vaatika Samrakshana Samithi, Mr. S.S.N. Raju, were arrested following a complaint from the United Pastors Fellowship president, Mr. Francis K. Sudhakar, and three others. The town, 50 km from here, had a common burial ground on the banks of River Sarada, which fell into dispute with Hindus objecting to Christians building permanent cement structures shrinking the space. - UNI Send this article to Friends by E-Mail
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