Orissa: tensions in Kandhamal. Christians still targeted by extremists
ICC Note: Hindu radicals protest the arrest of a murderer identified by the wife of the man he killed.
by Nirmala Carvalho
06/09/09 Bhubaneshwar, India (AsiaNews) – Tensions and clashes between extremists and police following the arrest of a leader from the Sangh Parivar, guilty of the murder of tribal Christians and officers from the Central Reserve Police Force (Crpf). That is what has taken place in the village of Sirsapanga, Kandhamal district (Orissa).
On June 6th, the widow of a tribal Christian killed in October by Hindu extremists recognised her husbands assassin while she was at the market. Kalia Pradhan, the murderer, had been in hiding for over 9 months but had recently been seen in public places in the village... [Go To Full Story]
