HYDERABAD, India — A Christian teenager in northern India was jailed for 12 days after anti-Hindu comments appeared on a fake Facebook account in his name, sources said.
First-year university student Sandeep Kumar, 18, whose christened name is Karan Anthony, was arrested when members of the Hindu extremist Rudra Sena in his home area of Kasganj District filed a complaint with police. Kumar was charged with posting anti-Hindu comments on Facebook, a charge he denies.
“I did not make any posts on Facebook,” Anthony said. Anthony said he has long been a target of his Hindu friends because they know his father is a pastor.
In the past, he had received abusive comments in response to posts about Jesus, which led him to deactivate his Facebook account, he said.
Anthony’s father, Pastor Shriniwas Gautam, said former classmates who filed the complaints against Anthony were not happy that a Christian boy from a lower caste had “secured admission in an esteemed university.”
Anthony said he prayed daily while in jail and shared the gospel with other prisoners, who he described as happy to hear about Christ.
“It was an opportunity the Lord had given me to share the gospel with them,” Anthony said. (MS)
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