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India’s Worst Christian Massacre:
The Day She Lost Her Husband
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As Puspanjali walked home from church on Aug. 24, 2008, she was unaware that her husband, Pastor Dibya Digal, was fleeing for his life. Dibya, who had just finished a worship service at his church in the Kandhamal district of Odisha state (then called Orissa), had taken shelter at a friend’s house after learning that a mob of Hindu extremists was approaching the church building. About 200 men descended on the home where Dibya was hiding and dragged him into a courtyard. “You have to reject Jesus in front of us!” one of the men demanded. “I cannot do that,” Dibya replied. A member of the mob then hit the pastor in the head with a large stone, killing him, before the mob dragged his body into a nearby creek. Hindu extremists attacked more than 600 villages in August 2008, destroying hundreds of churches, burning and looting nearly 6,000 homes and leaving 56,000 people homeless. More than 18,000 people were injured in the attacks, and more than 100 lost their lives. The devastating attacks widowed dozens of women, many of whom have since received help from The Voice of the Martyrs. One of those widows is Puspanjali.
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