Missionary in india Gladys Staines lost her husband and sons - burned alive in 1999

‘In forgiveness, there is no bitterness and when there is no bitterness, there is hope. I know who holds the future' quoted Gladys, wife of a late missionary, Graham Staines in an interview. Gladys Staines’ husband Graham Staines was burnt alive along with her two sons Philip (aged 9) and Timothy (aged 7) while sleeping in his station wagon at Manoharpur village in Keonjhar district in Orissa, India in January 1999. In 2003, the Hindu activist Dara Singh was convicted of leading the gang. He spoke fluent Oriya and was very popular among the patients whom he used to help after they were cured. He used to teach how to make mats out of rope and basket from Saboigrass and hand weaving. On the night of January 22, 1999, Graham Staines had attended a jungle camp, an annual gathering of Christians of the area to strengthen fellowship and for teaching. In the night he was sleeping in his station wagon when it was set afire by a mob. Graham and his two sons (both minors) were burnt alive. Initial investigations, conducted by the Mayurbhanj police, pointed towards the involvement of Dara Singh, the adopted name of Ravindra Pal Singh, a Hindu activist who had been active in the region since 1989. On January 29, 1999, the Government of India set up a judicial commission of inquiry under Justice D.P. Wadhwa of the Supreme Court to investigate the murder. The commission was to submit a report in two months but this was changed to 5 months in March 1999. In that same month, the case was handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation from the state police. In June 1999, the commission submitted its report holding Dara Singh guilty of the crime. The very next day, the CBI submitted charge sheets against the people involved. In January 2000, Dara Singh was arrested from a forest in Mayurbhanj district. In September 2000, charges were brought against the accused. The trial began in March 2001 in a district and sessions court designated a CBI court. In February 2002, an accused, Mahendra Hembram said in court that he was the sole culprit and that the others were innocent. In April 2003, accused Dayanidhi Patra said in court that he was present when Dara Singh set fire to the vehicle. The trial ended in August 2003 and judgment was passed in September 2003 convicting Dara Singh and Hembram. In spite of Gladys Staines’ appeal for clemency, Dara Singh was sentenced to death and 12 others were given life imprisonment However, the death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment in May 2005 by the Orissa High Court, who also acquitted the other appellants. Gladys returned to India in June 2006, and in an interview underlined the importance of forgiveness. “In forgiveness, there is no bitterness and when there is no bitterness, there is hope. This consolation comes from Jesus Christ.” Source : women of christianity A film by the name 'The least of these' has just been released in 2019, based on the story of Graham Staines. This footage is part of the broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The collection comprises of 150, 000+ hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on 4K, 200 fps slow motion, Full HD, HDCAM 1080i High Definition, Alexa and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Please subscribe to our channel wildfilmsindia on Youtube youtube.com/wildfilmsindia for a steady stream of videos from across India. Also, visit and enjoy your journey across India at www.clipahoy.com , India's first video-based social networking experience. Reach us at rupindang [at] gmail [dot] com and [email protected] To SUBSCRIBE click the below link: youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=WildFilms… Like & Follow Us on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/WildernessFilmsIndiaLimited Website: www.wildfilmsindia.com Gladys Staines is the widow of Australian missionary Graham Staines. Graham Staines was burnt alive along with their two sons Philip and Timothy by Bajrangdal activist in Odisha, India on 22 January 1999.

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