Shillong/Dimapur: Reports of alleged Satan worshiping are increasing by the year in the North East region. It was in Mizoram and then in Nagaland and now in Meghalaya. The East Khasi Hills district administration in Meghalaya has even went to the extent of clamping Prohibition Act such as Section 144 CrPC prohibiting 'devil worship' in the whole district.
Last month in Garo Hills in Meghalaya, some residents of Tura had seen young people indulging in Satan worship. Sources said these young people often loiter in the grave-yards or other secluded places.
It can be recalled here that last year, church workers in Nagaland had experienced a harrowing time 'exorcising the devils' from the society.
A prominent church leader in Nagaland had commented last year on the purported rising number of Satan worshippers in the state, the alleged distribution of membership forms in the state has even fueled unnerved for many Christians in the state.
Early 2013, Rev. Zotuo Kiewhuo, a senior pastor and founder of Koinonia Baptist Church, Kohima had said that there were around 3000 devil worshipers in the state capital Nagaland alone.
Amid intense speculations, a membership form of a group called "Awakening the Horror" was made available to Newmai News Network by a church pastor in Dimapur as recent as in the first week of July, 2013.
To be a member of this group, one has to submit the form after necessary descriptions are mentioned in the form along with Rs 20. The form says that the members of "Awakening the Horror" should help each other and fight jointly against anyone who attack any of the members.
Meanwhile, the church pastor who did not want to be identified told NNN that these members of "Awakening the Horror" would meet once a week at a place in Chumukedima in the outskirt of Dimapur just around midnight. However, NNN attempted hard to ascertain the development but to no avail.
Meanwhile, to thwart the purported rise in the number of Satan worshippers, a ‘Transformation crusade’ was held last year in April with the theme ‘Arise and shine’ at Khuochiezie local ground in Kohima. Churches across Nagaland are also giving special times to pray so that the supposed Satan worhippers are done away.
Also last year in Mizoram sometime in September, one Lalrinmawia of Champhai Kanan Veng of Mizoram who identified himself as a worshiper of Satan and also a swindler, was arrested by Bawngkawn and Vaivakawn police.
Sources speculated that the kind of Satan which Lalrinmawia worshiped was much powerful and mightier than the evil worshiped by majority of Mizo youths. According to Lalrinmawia, they had a group of follower called 'DARK OF PRINCE' and there are only around 10 members in Mizoram among them includes female worshipers. They usually worship Satan and practice its cult on first Wednesday of every month.
