Nine people were Wednesday convicted and each sentenced to four years in jail by a fast track court in Orissa for their role in a case of arson during the Kandhamal violence in 2008.Five people, including a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator, were acquitted by the fast track court in Kandhamal."Nine people have been convicted and five have been acquitted in the case. They were accused of torching...
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track court in Orissa's Kandhamal district Friday acquitted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Manoj Pradhan due to lack of evidence in a case of arson during Kandhamal violence in 2008, an official said.Udayagiri legislator Manoj Pradhan was accused of torching a house in Banjamaha village under Raikia police station area Oct 1, 2008."He was let off for want of evidence as there was a lone witness...
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Nine people have been convicted and sent to prison in connection with the anti-Christian riots in the eastern Indian state of Orissa last year.A local court acquitted five others, including a legislator from the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), who were accused of rioting.The violence in Kandhamal district left at least 40 people dead and more than 25,000 homeless.A fast-track court...
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Bhubaneswar, Oct 30 : A fast track court in Orissa's Kandhamal district Friday acquitted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator Manoj Pradhan due to lack of evidence in a case of arson during Kandhamal violence in 2008, an official said.Udayagiri legislator Manoj Pradhan was accused of torching a house in Banjamaha village under Raikia police station area Oct 1, 2008."He was let off for want of evidence...
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Maoists might have killed VHP leader Laxamananda Saraswati for securing support of the minority Christians and expand their network in Orissa's Kandhamal district, the Commission probing the murder was informed in Bhubaneswar on Thursday."Maoists might have killed Saraswati to get the support of Christians," former Inspector in-Charge of Kotgarh police station H K Pradhan told Justice S C Mohapatra,...
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BHUBANESWAR: Maoists might have killedVHP leader Laxamananda Saraswati for securing support of the minority Christiansand expand their network in Orissa's Kandhamal district, the Commission probingthe murder was informed here today."Maoists might have killedSaraswati to get the support of Christians," former Inspector in-Charge ofKotgarh police station H K Pradhan told Justice S C Mohapatra, probing...
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Bhubaneswar, Oct 29 Three people were Thursday convicted and sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment for destruction of evidence in a case of the 2008 Kandhamal riots, an official said.Fast track court-II Judge Sobhan Kumar Das convicted the three for destruction of evidence in the murder of Sidheswar Pradhan of Sulesaro village under Tikabali police station area of Kandhamal district, special...
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Thursday convicted and sentenced to three years' rigorous imprisonment for destruction of evidence in a case of the 2008 Kandhamal riots, an official said.Fast track court-II Judge Sobhan Kumar Das convicted the three for destruction of evidence in the murder of Sidheswar Pradhan of Sulesaro village under Tikabali police station area of Kandhamal district, special public prosecutor Bijay Pattnaik said."The...
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prime accused in theKandhamal riots case, BJP MLA Manoj Kumar Pradhan, was todayacquitted in another case of arson by a local court citinglack of evidence.Fast Track Court-I Judge S K Das acquitted Pradhan froma house burning case that took place at Banjamaha villageunder Raikia police station area in September last year whichis a separate incident not connected with the riots.While Pradhan had already...
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local court on Wednesday sentenced eight persons to four-year rigorous imprisonment,while acquitting six others, including a BJP legislator, in a case of setting ablaze houses during last year's communal violence in Kandhamal district of Orissa.Fast track court judge C R Das sentenced them on the charge of involvement in torching houses belonging to members of a minority community at Motumaha village...
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