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BHOPAL, INDIA, January 14, 2004: Incensed by the rape and murder of a nine-year-old on a Catholic Mission School campus in Jhabua last night, a mob of VHP activists today forced their way into the campus, pelted stones and attacked the priests there, according to this report.



The mob was protesting the rape and murder of a nine-year-old who was found dead on the campus last night. But so far there is no evidence to connect anybody on the campus with the incident. As per reports reaching here, the girl was selling fruits outside the campus with her brother when she was lured inside by a youth on the pretext that the nuns wanted to buy fruit. When the girl did not return, the brother set out to search for her. She was found dead in a toilet on the campus. Father Pradeep Cherian of the Catholic church stationed 15 km away at Meghanagar said, “The mob gathered outside the school today under the banner of the Hindu Jagran Manch. The Collector and SP assured me they would tackle the situation. Over 500 people forced their way in, attacked the priests and damaged vehicles before the police could control them. I am in touch with the school authorities and right now a 1,000-strong mob is gathered outside the school. Police do not have the numbers to control the situation and the IG is rushing to the spot.”



He added: “They are attempting to blame our personnel. The priests have been evacuated but there are sisters and around 75 girls still in the hostel. I do not know how the police will evacuate them because even the police vehicles are being attacked.” SP Jhabua Mayank Jain would only confirm that “a mob of over 50 persons from the VHP entered the campus and pelted stones. They caused some damage to property and vehicles.”

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