“Home ministry, Delhi government and the Delhi Police have been given ten days’ time to respond,” said a NHRC release. The NHRC intervened in the matter after taking suo motu cognizance of media reports regarding the incident of breaking open the doors of the St. Alphonsa’s church and defiling of the place of worship and the objects held sacred, the release said.
The church’s administration Monday claimed it did not seem to be just an incident of theft as this was the fifth case within nine weeks when a church was targeted. A few sacred items, including a ciborium (receptacle) and a monstrance kept inside a tabernacle, a cabinet made of wood and glass, were taken away. (IANS)