PUNJAB, INDIA (ANS) -- A Pastor has been abducted and brutally attacked, leaving him severely injured in Ludhiana of Punjab state, India on Tuesday, October 6, 2009.

This news was released on the website of the All India Christian Council (www.christiancouncil.in).

According to the news source, on October 6th, five members belonging to a Hindu radical group (name not known) came on a vehicle and forcibly took Pastor Vijay Kumar away to a secluded place and there he was brutally manhandled and he was left severely injured.

The All India Christian Council (aicc) has condemned the attack on the Pastor and sought action against the culprits.

James Varghese is a reporter for Masihat newspaper in India, and is also a freelance journalist working for ANS.