NEW DELHI: Two men allegedly forced their way into a church inouter Delhi’s Begampur and threatened the priest and worshippers during the mass on Sunday. Till sometime back, the church was under police protection after it was vandalised by miscreants. The cover was lifted after the authorities decided that there was no further threat.
The police have arrested the duo. The incident took place around 10am at the Christ Blessing Church in A Block when the priest was holding a mass. A few seemingly drunk men entered the building and started hurling abuses. According to the complainant Manoj Kumar, two men, later identified as Yogender Mathur and Deepak Sharma, threatened them with dire consequences if they didn’t stop holding mass at the church.
After the people gathered at the church forced the miscreants to leave, they registered a complaint at the Begumpur police station. Kumar said similar incidents had occurred twice in the past and a beat constable was deployed. However, as there was no trouble for some time, the cover was lifted.