Over 100 houses burnt, Centre tells Orissa to be tough

Bhubaneswar, September 26: : Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday asked for 10 more companies of CRPF from the Centre as over 100 houses and a couple of churches were burnt or damaged in Tikabali, Daringibadi and G Udaygiri areas of Kandhamal district in the last 24 hours.

As senior police officials maintained that the situation was “under control”, a terse missive from the Union Home Ministry asked the state Government to ensure that the prevailing situation of lawlessness is effectively brought under control. The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has also pulled up the BJD-BJP coalition for its inability to handle the situation and called the police ineffective.

About 30 houses and two prayer houses were burnt and damaged at Simanjodi village of Daringibadi block by an unruly mob. In Batingia village of Chakapada block, 50 houses were torched while angry tribals blocked the Raikia town demanding release of their brethren arrested in arson cases. Kandhamal officials imposed Sec 144 in Raikia and curfew as the paramilitary forces marched on the street. Kandhamal SP S Praveen Kumar said night curfew has been continuing in nine sensitive areas in the wake of fresh violence and arson in this region.

In Rakingia village of Raikia block, a team of Orissa Disaster Rapid Action Force (ODRAF) that had gone to clear roadblocks was attacked forcing the accompanying police to open fire. Two tribals have reportedly been killed. Sources said tribals with bows and arrows launched an attack on the ODRAF. As many as 26 companies of the CRPF and three companies of the Rapid Action Force have been deployed in the district. In another incident, a mob of about 400 people chased an ex-serviceman into a forest at Damiguda in Tikabali area after he threatened to fire at miscreants who tried to torch his house.

One more person was killed in Raikia block after Dalit Christians of Gundhari village hurled bombs at the tribal-dominated village of Sirsapanga in the afternoon. Sources said the deceased, Raghav Digal, a Dalit Hindu, was a Government employee.

In New Delhi, a senior Home Ministry official described the situation in Orissa as “pretty bad”, something that required the state Government to take “very tough measures”. In its communication to the state, the Home Ministry said a “situation of apparent lawlessness” prevailed in certain parts of the state and asked it to “review” the steps that have so far been taken by...

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Jew of tamilnadu by Manohar on 2008-09-26 14:27:36.021522+05:30
What is happening to christians in Orissa is happening to Brahmins in Tamilnadu. Does anuone protest about this. As another posting says, it happened to jews in germany and now it is happening to brahmins in tamilnadu, with active encouragement by the barbaric dravidian parties...

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Really!!!! by Rajesh on 2008-09-26 12:38:09.197783+05:30
Go to Kandamal and just sya you are a Chistian. You will know if it has a religious tone or not. Why only Christians' homes and churches are attacked. If your claim is true, the temples and homes of Hindus who belong to Panas should be destroyed by the kandas. Close your eyes and tell everyone, it is night, it is night. Some folls like you will believe it.

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Persecution using conversion as an excuse by Rohan on 2008-09-26 11:50:13.086886+05:30
Conversions is a pure excuse to persecute Christians, it's a well known fact that Christians are better educated and well off than their hindu counterparts. These attacks are pure jealousy. It happened to the Jews in Germany as it is happening to Christians in India.

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KANDHAMAL by MANISH on 2008-09-26 11:40:41.225399+05:30
kandhaMaL issue is a unique one.it has NO relegious tone.it is only between S.C. and S.T. as the sc turned christians have grabbed the lands OF ST BY DECEIT THE SITUATION HAS BECAME TENSE.THE GOVT SHOULD SETTLE THE LAND DISPUTES SOON SO THAT THE PEACE CAN BE RESTORED.GOVT OF ORISSA AND GOVT OF INDIA BOTH HAVE THE RESPONSIOBILTY TP IMPLEMENT THE INDIAN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS IN KANDHAMAL.POOR TRIBESMAN(KANDHA) HAVE BEEN DENIED THEIR BASIC RIGHT BY THE OPPRESSORS I.E.PANA CHRISTIANS.THEIR LANDS GRABBED,ALL THE GOVT JOBS MENAT FOR THE KANDHAS ST HAV EBBEN GRABBED WITH FALSE CERTIFICATE OF ST BY THE SC PEOPLE.IT IS A CASE OF HAVES AND HAVE NOTS.TRIBAL PEOPLE HAD BEEN DENIED THEIR RIGHTS BUT GOVT HAD NOT TAKEN STEPS TO RESTORE THE LANDS,JOBS ETC.THE TRIBALS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SUPPRESSED AND LOOTED BY THE CONTACRTORS,STORAGE AGENTS.TRADERS WHO HAD LOOTED THEM AND DOESNOT PROVIDED FOODSTUFFS AND K.OIL.GOVT SHOULD TAKE IT AS A SOCIAL ISSUE AND RESTORE THGEIR RIGHTS.

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abhey chupp

by raj on 2008-09-26 15:25:44.209943+05:30
My dear Manish,Are you from Praveen Thogadia's family? he is the one who decided this fight. He decided where, when and between whom the fight shouldbe. If its a Muslim second major cast, then he give a dirty speach to his fool uneducated followers and evoke them to go against Muslims and goes back watch on the TV. And its the same for christian second major cast regions. I think both of you have no other buisiness than this. I dontthink you are a true hindu or Indian. Because you are starting your step with evoking SC and ST people to kill each other.

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KANDHAMAL

by R.K Bharadwaj on 2008-09-26 14:22:05.959213+05:30
Well sais manish. The Govt

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What?

by Rajesh on 2008-09-26 12:34:16.80272+05:30
Believe in the ancient sages. Maya, Maya, Maya. Sarvam Maya. What you wrote is not true Manish. It is all maya. Overcome your ignorence. Open your eyes (or may be close them).

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