Two Deaths reported from Orissa
11/27/08 India (Evangelical Fellowship of India) – Evangelical Fellowship of India expresses profound grief and sympathy for the lost of life of two Christians in Orissa state’s Kandhamal district.
A Christian woman murdered
A Christian woman identified as Lalita Digal (45) was murdered on November 25 in Dobali village, Kandhamal district.
Lalita Digal (45) who was staying in the relief camp went to the village to harvest the paddy on November 21. She was staying at her friend’s place.
On November 25, she was allegedly dragged out from the house and murdered.
Her body has not been recovered at press time.
Death in a relief camp
Leunsio Digal died due to lack of proper medication in the Daringbadi camp on November 24. He had an unattended fever for a week.
Digal was a catechist for 25 years under Simonbadi parish, Archdiocese of Cuttack- Bhubaneswar
Uphold the suffering Christians in your prayers and for a peaceful Christmas in Orissa.
