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New Delhi:
A tribunal comprising retired judges and social activists Sunday
began a three-day session for hearing 43 cases related to the 2008
anti-Christian violence in Orissa’s Kandhamal district.
The sitting of the National People’s Tribunal (NPT) commenced with
over 400 supporters, including 95 survivors of the violence, a
statement said.
The NPT includes 15-member jury with expertise in the fields of law,
media, culture, housing and administration.
The jury is expected to issue a set of recommendations.
The tribunal’s hearing will conclude Aug 24. It is being organised
by the National Solidarity Forum, a coalition of over 65
organisations, the statement said.
Lyricist Javed Akhtar, supporting the meet, said that it was
shameful that incidents such as the Kandhamal carnage against
religious minorities continue to happen with alarming frequency in
India.
“As citizens of this democracy, we should hang our heads in shame,”
he said.
The survivors shared their tales of horror and the abject failure of
the state machinery to protect them.
Kanakalata Nayak, whose husband was killed by goons allegedly from
the Bajrang Dal led by local politicians, said: “Despite filing a
case with the police and deposing before the court the criminals
were immediately given bail and now continue to roam free, often
intimidating me.”
Father Ajay Kumar Singh from Kandhamal, himself a victim of the
violence, provided a historical view on the emergence of right wing
forces in Orissa while Archbishop of Cuttack Raphael Cheenath spoke
about how people’s constitutional right to freedom of religion was
violated in Kandhamal.
Dalits and tribals from Kandhamal also gave details of the killings
and rapes and the destruction of churches and other properties.
The jury members including former chief justice of Delhi High Court
A.P. Shah. During the depositions, he raised several questions in
order to understand the response of the police and the judiciary of
Orissa while dealing with the violence cases.
Kandhamal district, about 200 km from Orissa’s capital Bhubaneswar,
witnessed widespread violence after the murder of Vishwa Hindu
Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his
aides at his ashram Aug 23, 2008.
At least 26 people were killed and more than 25,000 Christians fled
their villages after their houses were attacked by rampaging mobs,
who held the Christian community there responsible for Saraswati’s
killing, although police blamed the Maoists.
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