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Nine
people sent to jail for burning houses in Kandhamal
Monday December 27, 2010 07:52:00 PM,
IANS
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Bhubaneswar: A court
in Orissa Monday sentenced nine people to five years' rigorous
imprisonment for burning down a dozen houses during the 2008
communal riots that killed at least 38 people in Kandhamal
district.
Judge Sobhan Kumar Das of a fast track court at Phulbani town
handed down the sentence to the accused, aged between 20-45 years,
for burning down the houses at Sumarbandha and Dabangapadar
villages Sep 1, 2008, defence lawyer Ajit Patnaik told IANS.
The judge also slapped a fine of Rs.5,000 on each of the accused.
Failure to pay the fine would entail an additional one year of
rigorous imprisonment, he ruled.
The court acquitted three people for lack of evidence.
The riots broke out after the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad
leader Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his aides in his
ashram Aug 23, 2008, in Kandhamal, about 200 km from Bhubaneswar.
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. The attackers accused Christians for killing Saraswati,
although police blamed the Maoists for the ashram killings.
The state government set up two fast track courts in the district
for speedy trial of the cases.
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