Delhi Catholics protest, demand judicial probe after mysterious fire guts church

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 02 Desember 2014 | 22.10

NEW DELHI: Around 900 people turned up outside the Delhi Police headquarters on Tuesday morning demanding an urgent probe into the mysterious fire that gutted St Sebastian's church at Dilshad Garden on Monday. The demonstrators complained that ​the ​police had acted slow and ​its officers and forensic lab teams arrived ​late at the church​.​

The protest began around 10am and continued till 12.30pm. Several students and clergy members of the Catholic community were part of the demonstration. The demonstrators blocked both the roads outside the police headquarters for nearly two hours, bringing traffic to ​a ​complete halt.

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"Senior officers of Delhi Police, and teams from the forensic labs came to the spot after many hours, and only when the agitated members of the Catholic community had blocked the roads in the area. We want that the policemen guilty of dereliction of duty ​are punished, and special police investigation teams are set up to trace the guilty," said Father Savarimuthu, who was present at the protest.

He added that they were finally granted an appointed with the Delhi police commissioner BS Bassi, who assured them of swift action against the culprits.

"The commissioner said that they had constituted a special investigative team to probe the matter and those behind the incident would be immediately caught," said Father Savarimuthu.

A delegation, comprising of members of Christian community and social activists, are now on their way to meet the Delhi LG to press for a timely renovation of the church. Regulars to St. Sebastian are worried about the renovation work not being completed before Christmas.

The church was gutted under mysterious circumstances.

Referring to the incident, Trinamool parliamentarian Derek O'Brien, who attended the protest outside the police headquarters, tweeted, "Horrified. Angry. Saddened with ​news of Delhi church burnt​/​destroyed...Other incidents in MP/Chatgh/Ktka too of Christians being terrorized (sic)." He plans to raise this issue in Parliament on Tuesday

The fire was noticed at the site by the church's watchman, at 6:30am on Monday. He immediately informed the parish priest Father Anthony. Churchgoers to St. Sebastian maintain that the church was deliberately set on fire and that it was not an accidental fire caused by short-circuit. Eyewitnesses, who saw the church in flames, say that there was an overwhelming smell of kerosene from the church hours after the fire had been doused.

Saint Sebastian's Church was built in 2001, in Tahirpur area of Dilshad Garden, and was frequented by Syro Malabar community from across the capital and beyond. Around 1500 Christian families live in the nearby area.

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