Now, the population of Jalandhar’s Christians, according to local leaders, is 1.5 lakh. When asked why there was no movement over Father Koriakose’s death, people attributed it to the ‘relatively peaceful nature of the Christians’.

"The Bible teaches us to be peaceful. While we are upset about the rape allegations, police said Father Kuriakose’s death was due to natural causes. We will wait for the post-mortem report to come out," Goria told The Quint.

Goria, however, adds that there were people from the Christian community who distributed sweets when Father Mulakkal was arrested in September. While he seems to be waiting for the investigation to form an opinion, Hamid Masih, Vice President of the Punjab Christian Movement, believes Mulakkal is in the wrong.