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Delhi gangrape: Christian group postpones Xmas celebrations

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Press Trust of India New Delhi

"...The Christians of Delhi NCR have decided to postpone the biggest ever state-level Christmas celebrations 'Maishi Mahotsav' scheduled for December 29 at Ramlila Maidan to Easter, 2013," the group said in a statement here.

The decision was taken "on the advise of spiritual heads of churches and very specifically to express solidarity with the victim of the gruesome rape incident and the people protesting against it and also the loss of a Delhi police official on duty," it said in the release.

  

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First Published: Dec 26 2012 | 9:45 PM IST

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