Priest attacked in Khandwa Diocese in Madhya Pradesh.
(March 31, 2011) A Catholic priest was attacked and seriously injured by three youths
on Wednesday in Khandwa diocese in Madhya Pradesh. Father Sebastian Kaiparambil,
who received head injuries and multiple fractures, said the assailants entered his
bedroom around 2:30am local time after breaking a window and demanded several school
documents from him. The priest, who runs St. Mary’s Higher Secondary School, in Badwah,
Khargone district, said he told them to come to his office in the morning at which
point one of the attackers hit him over the head with a spade handle. “I ran to the
toilet screaming but the assailants, all in their twenties, followed hitting and kicking
me,” he said from his hospital bed. After beating me up, the assailants fled with
two mobile phones and 70,000 rupees in cash, he said. After the attack Father Sebastian
said he somehow managed to reach a security guard who informed some nuns. The nuns
took him to the government hospital in Badwah from where he was rushed to a private
hospital in Indore, 70 kilometres away. Doctors said the priest’s condition is not
life threatening. Khandwa Diocese public relations officer Father Philip Kaduthanam
said police had been informed and were investigating.