Therefore they ask that an investigation be opened on the murder of Swami and separate inquiries be held into the Hindu girl that was burned alive and the nun of the Missionaries of Charity that was raped in public, in front of some policemen that did nothing. The Bishops keep asking for "strong and strict measures to be taken against the authors of such crimes" and a "fair compensation to be given to the victims and the institutions". In addition, they ask that, when people take the law unto their own hands, "the police should be ordered to act according to the law, fairly and without prejudices". That’s why they think the private police Crpf are essential, since "people have lost confidence in the local police". They conclude that this "is the least we expect of the government, which has a duty to protect the rights and freedoms of every single citizen, as guaranteed by the Constitution". The joint statement was made at the end of a meeting on "violence against Christians in Orissa" which was hosted by the Indian Bishops Conference HQ in New Delhi, on 16 and 17 October. The meeting was also attended by card. Vincent Concessao, archbishop of Delhi, and by Jacob Mar Barnabas, bishop of the Syro-Malankarese rite of the Catholic Church, and the secretaries of the Bishops Commissions.” “
