Jhabua District, Madhya Pradesh : On 5th Oct 2009, six Bajrang Dal extremists viciously brutally attacked Pastor Paul Ninama and cut his left ear off after thrashing him with sticks in Pipal Khota Choti village Kajali Dugari P.O Meghnagar, Jhabua Dist, Madhya Pradesh.

At around 4:00 p.m. on 5th October 2009 Pastor Paul Ninama (45) who works for Zion Ministeries went to a village called Mal Falia near his village where 30 people were attending a prayer meeting. On his way back home when he was about 500 mts away, six Bajrang Dal men were waiting for the pastor. They called out to him in Hindi saying, “Servant of the Lord, come here!” They asked him to sit down.

As soon as the Pastor sat down, they started hitting him with a stick and with their fists injuring his left hand greviously. They kicked him and didn’t let him get up off the ground. Then, one of the men took a sharp knife, while the others held the pastor down, and he slashed Pastor Paul’s ear and stabbed him near his ear. Pastor Paul screamed in excruciating pain and called for help. A lady who happened to witness the incident joined with the pastor and screamed for help. Soon a couple of villagers came and managed to nab one of the attackers, Ramesh Khumcha (35).

Pastor Paul made his way back home and then went to the Meghnagar Police Station. He was later taken to a private hospital where he was treated for two days. After this, he was transferred to Baroda, Gujrat to a pivate hospital called Naik Hospital where he stayed for 12 days.

Meanwhile, the attacker Ramesh was released two days later on bail. Right wing extremist groups, RSS and VHP have appointed many people in the Jhabua area to investigate Christian ministries and attack them.

Pastor Paul continues to suffer from great pain in his ear and the area that was stabbed near the ear. The cut was deep and there is a lot of puss in the area.

Please pray for Pastor Paul’s full recovery and for the safety of his wife Bondi (32) and their 7 children.