Locals in Hosur have complained that a group of evangelists have been illegally trying to build a church in government-owned land and have demanded immediate action to be taken by the tehsildar. This complaint was given by the people of Hosur’s Annamalai Nagar.
It is to be noted that earlier in the year 2000, similar attempts had been made by the same missionary group. But government officials intervened and had stopped them from building the church stating that they were not allowed to encroach on government-owned land for this purpose. In light of this, the people of the area have now complained that the group has now restarted the construction of the church on government land and that work is going on in full swing for the same.
The All India Vishva Hindu Parishad and the Bajrang Dal have also intervened in this matter and have given an official complaint to the tehsildar, insisting that this be immediately stopped. They also went on to question how the construction was restarted after an official notice was issued by the then collector that a church could not be constructed on government-owned land.
Some among the public also sought an official confirmation or permission letter that was issued by any government official to the church authorities to construct the church and stated that unless and until that was furnished it was not legal for them to construct a church there.
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