BHUBANESWAR:
“No care and protection was given to Swami Laxmananada Saraswati as a result
the miscreants easily killed him and that murder paves the way for the
Kandhamal riot,” said Odisha Minority Forum president Swarupananda Patra in his
affidavit submitted before Justice AS Naidu Commission here on Saturday. The
Commission is probing into the 2008 killing of Hindu religious leader Swami
Laxmanananda Saraswati in Kandhamal and the subsequent communal riots in the district.
Pradeep Muni of Kandhamal
district had alleged that riot was fiercely broke out after the statement of
Patra in the media. Considering the complaint, Patra was summoned to be present
before the Commission on the day of the hearing.
Patra attending the hearing
submitted his affidavit and denied the allegation. “After the murder of the
Swami, a hate campaign was carried out as a result the people got affected badly
in the riot,” said Patra.
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