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SIX MORE
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9 September 2009:
An Orissa court has sentenced another six people to four
years imprisonment for their involvement in violence
against Christians a year ago.
Additional Sessions Judge Sobhan Kumar Das of a
fast-track court at Phulbani in Kandhamal district
passed the sentences to Kiringa Kanhar, Lasia Kanhar,
Gananath Kanhar, Lankeswar Kanhar, Naresh Kanhar and
Gorekh Pradhan.
They were found guilty of setting houses on fire and
engaging in unlawful assembly by defying the curfew,
according to the Press Trust of India.
So far, 12 people have been convicted in the Kandhamal
riots case, which spread to several other states as well
last year after the murder of a Hindu leader. Although
Maoists claimed responsibility for the killing, Hindu
radicals took revenge by going on the rampage in
Christian communities.
Hindu mobs burned thousands of homes, as well as shops,
churches and orphanages. More than 30,000 Christians
from Orissa were forced to take shelter in refugee
camps, where the living conditions were poor, or in the
jungle where they were in danger of being attacked by
wild animals.
At least 60 Christians were killed, according to the
Orissa government’s report, but church leaders in Orissa
report higher figures and have accused the government of
intentionally undercounting the number of deaths.
Ten thousand people were named in the 827 cases
registered during the August riots. Chargesheets have
already been filed in 437 cases and investigation is
ongoing in other 354 cases, including the savage rape of
a nun.
The Fast Tract Courts I and II at Phulbani, Kandhamal
district have already handed out similar sentences in
the past few months.
On 30 June, the Fast Track Court II convicted Chakra
Mallick of Gochhapada and sentenced him to four years in
prison. At least 15 persons were acquitted in different
cases due to lack of evidence.
The second conviction came on 27 July, when Fast Track
Court I sentenced five people to six years imprisonment
in the Kandhamal riots case.
The two fast tract courts are expected to deliver more
verdicts in the coming days. By: Joseph Keenan,
Christian Post
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