A local court here acquitted 11 persons owing to
lack of evidence in a case related to communal riots in Odisha’s Kandhamal
district after the murder of senior VHP leader and saint swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four others.
Additional District Judge, Phulbani, Rajendra Kumar
Tosh acquitted all the 11 persons arrested in connection with the
murder of Gopan Nayak of Gandagada village on September 9, 2008. The 11 faced
charges ranging from rioting, house burning, unlawful assembly with arms as
well as other sections of the IPC. While the 11 persons have been acquitted by
the court, one accused is still at large. The Hindu
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