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Imphal, Nov 10 : The Pastor and Church secretary of Good Shepherd Community Church, Kakching have allegedly withdrawn Rs 2,89,000 at three different transactions without the approval of church board, Deacon Board and the knowledge of the church treasurer said Rev. N. Debendra SinghChairman,
The church plot measuring 0.15 acre registered in the name of Good Shepherd Community Church was also illegally transferred to Union Baptist Church. Chairman of the church board called an emergency church board meeting at Church premises on November 1, 2012 at 2 PM. Some youths allegedly threatened them. Through the intervention of the Kakching police officials, any physical attack was prevented. The church plot has been locked and put up a different name of church signboard. Now the members have no place for their Sunday Worship service.
Meanwhile Church Secretary Shawaijam Kanta Singh also filed a case against two church members and church treasurer with the allegation that three church members stole the church resolution record book and the church bank account passbook and they were arrested by police.
Church Board resolved to seek the legal help from Human Rights Law Network based at Imphal. A case was filed the court against the pastor, the secretary and seven others . The court has ordered Kakching Police to investigate the case.
The Kakching Police has filed an FIR – No. 197 on November 9, 2012 under the section 406, 408, 409, 420, and 34 of Indian Penal Code.
Good Shepherd Community Church, Kakching is part of a national registered body of Good Shepherd Community Church registered at Hyderabad, which has 3000 churches all over India. The members of Good Shepherd Community Church, Kakching were part of Kakching Baptist Church, known as Irum Baptist Church. The present members of Good Shepherd Community Church, Kakching came out from Kakching Baptist Church with mutual understanding that they wished to be the members of Good Shepherd Community Church purchased a plot measuring 0.15 acre from Shawaijam Ongbi Sanaton Devi in 2008 and founded a new church at the present site.
Members of the Good Shepherd Community Church, Kakching named it as Union Baptist Church in 2008. Later in 2009, the church board passed no objection resolution to rename the church as Good Shepherd Community Church in Church Board Sitting No 8 in 2009. In the same year in Church Board Sitting No 12 resolved to register the present church plot of 0.15 acre in the name of Good Shepherd Community Church and accordingly the church plot was registered in the name of Good Shepherd Community Church in 2009. The original copy of Patta (Jamabani) was submitted to Head Office, Secunderabad for the proceeding of church building construction. The same church plot was illegally transferred to Union Baptist Church with fake documents, which was not known to the Church Board, nor Deacon Board nor passed any resolution by the Church Board nor Deacon Board as per the Church Resolution Book.
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