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Indian PM concerned over rape of nun, attack on church

Xinhua, March 17, 2015 Adjust font size:

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the gang-rape of an elderly Catholic Church nun in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal and the vandalization of a Christian church in the northern state Haryana.

Modi is asking the police to provide him with immediate reports on these incidents, said the prime minister's office (PMO).

"PM is deeply concerned about the incidents in Hisar, Haryana and Nadia, West Bengal," the PMO tweeted.

"PMO has asked for immediate report on facts & action taken regarding the incidents in Haryana & West Bengal," the PMO said in another tweet.

A 71-year-old nun of a convent school was gang-raped in Ranaghat town, some 80 km from Kolkata, early on Saturday.

In another incident, an under-construction church in Haryana's Hisar city was attacked and vandalized and the idol of a Hindu monkey god was placed inside the premises early this month. Endi