Commotion as Popular Indian Pastor is Brutally Killed Outside His Church (Photo)

A pastor has been brutally gunned down by men
on motorcycles after being lured outside his
church building.

A popular Indian pastor has been gunned down
outside his church by members of a Hindu
militant group in that country.
According to a report by CBN News, on Saturday
night, members of the radical RSS (Rashtriya
Swayamseval Sangh) telephoned Pastor Sultan
Masih to lure him outside his Temple of God
Church in the Ludhiana District of Punjab.
Shortly afterwards, the pastor was shot down by
two young men passing by on a motorcycle.
The pastor's son, Anoop Masih heard the
gunshots, ran outside the church building, and
found his father lying on the road. He screamed
for help and church members stormed out of the
building and rushed Pastor Masih to a local
hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Two children reportedly witnessed the shooting
that occurred at 8:45PM as church members
prepared for their 25th anniversary celebration.
Because the murder occurred at night, the
children and police were unable to identify the
gunmen.
Fellow pastor Balwinder Kumar told police that
RSS members had quarreled with Pastor Masih on
several occasions and accused him of converting
Hindus to Christianity.
"The RSS activists accused him that, 'You
Christians get paid for converting people. How
much do you pay the converted?'
Kumar said the pastor denied the accusations, but
RSS members refused to believe him. They also
warned him against holding the anniversary
celebration.
In addition to co-founding the Temple of God
Church, Pastor Masih also ran a school for
impoverished children.
Members of India's tiny Christian community (2%)
took to the streets in protest. Many have
expressed alarm over a rise in attacks against
them.
India's Christians say President Narendra Modi
has done little to prevent or discourage the
murder of Christians and pastors like Sultan
Masih.
When he was a teenager, Modi was a member of
the RSS and non-Hindus say that is why he has
done little to protect them-- they believe he is
actually sympathetic to militant Hindu efforts to
turn India into a Hindu-only nation.