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Eight get
jail terms for Kandhamal violence
Friday November 26, 2010 06:51:40 PM,
IANS
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Bhubaneswar:
Eight people were sentenced to jail Friday by fast track courts in
Orissa for their involvement in the communal violence in Kandhamal
district, a lawyer said.
"Judge Sobhan Kumar Das of the fast track court 1 at district
headquarters of Phulbani sentenced four people to four years of
rigorous imprisonment and asked them to pay a fine of Rs.2,000
each for burning houses at Khariapada village Aug 27 in 2008,"
defence lawyer Ajit Patnaik told IANS.
Similarly, Judge C.R. Das of the fast track court 2 sentenced four
others to three years of rigorous imprisonment for their
involvement in burning of houses, and threatening people at
Iramaha village Aug 27 and Sep 26, 2008, he said.
The judge also asked them to pay a fine of Rs.2,000 each, he
added.
Kandhamal, about 200 km from here, witnessed widespread violence
after the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami
Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his aides in his ashram Aug 23,
2008.
At least 38 people were killed and more than 25,000 Christians
were forced to flee their homes after their houses were attacked
by mobs, who accused Christians for killing Saraswati, although
police had blamed the Maoists for that.
The state government set up two fast track courts in the district
for speedy trial in the cases.
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