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Gopichand Padalkar

  • Legislator Issues Bounties on Evangelists' Lives
    Village homes are scattered across a forested hillside.
    A village in Maharashtra
    Photo: Wikimedia / Nikhil More (cc)

    A legislator in India's Maharashtra state has publicly announced the issuance of bounties on the lives of Christians who visit villages for the purpose of proselytization. In a speech that he made on June 17th, Gopichand Padalkar offered rewards ranging from 300,000 rupees (about $4,800 CAD) for assaulting a Gospel worker to over one million rupees (approximately $17,500 CAD) for killing a pastor. The legislator's remarks were made in retaliation, following the suicide of a young woman who had allegedly been pressured by her in-laws to pay a customary dowry and adhere to the family's belief in Christianity.