NEW DELHI, April 30, 2019 (Morning Star News) – More than a month after men claiming to be Maoists in Nepal assaulted Dhurba Kumar Pariyar, the 40-year-old pastor is still physically and mentally traumatized.
“I still have headache and chest pain, though I am under strong medication,” Pastor Pariyar told Morning Star News.
He later quoted Matthew 5:10, Christ saying those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake are blessed.
“I find courage in reading of the persecution that my fellow Christians are undergoing,” he said. “My suffering is little in comparison.”
One of the leaders at Devotees Nepali Assembly in the Nepali capital of Kathmandu, the pastor was riding a motorcycle on his way back from distributing free toys and stationary to Dalit children on March 24 in Sarlahi District when two motorcyclists with riders on extra seats stopped him 36 miles from Mahottari at about 7 p.m., he said.
Accompanying Pastor Pariyar on another motorcycle was the chief guest of a program organized by a Non-Governmental Organization for poor Dalits in Ramgopalpur, Mahottari District.
One of the riders asked Pastor Pariyar his name, and as soon as he confirmed his identity, the rider hit his motorcycle with a thick wooden stick while the other pulled him off, he said.
“One of them caught hold of me from my chest and pulled me down from my motorbike and dragged me…
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