Who killed Swami Lakshmanananda Maoists OR Christian missionaries

Maoists deny role in VHP leader’s murder

Staff Reporter

Source: The Hindu

‘Some wayward cadre lured by some committed the crime’

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Copy of the letter sent to VHP and Bajrang Dal leaders

Maoists also deny role in the murder of VHP activists at Jalaspata

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BERHAMPUR:

The letter claimed that some wayward cadre of the Maoist outfit were lured by nefarious elements to commit the crime. Meanwhile naxal sympathizers of Orissa have also claimed that Maoists had no hand in the murder of the VHP activists at Jalaspata in Kandhamal district.

A copy of the letter was sent to the State joint secretary of the VHP and the State joint coordinator of the Bajrang Dal, Ramakant Rath. The letter was claimed to be written by the Kotgarh unit of the CPI-Maoist party.

Christian groups didn't kill VHP leader: Sources

NDTV Correspondent
Source: NDTV

Friday, August 29, 2008, (Bhubaneswar)

Government sources tell NDTV that their assessment is that Christian groups did not kill VHP leader Swami Lakshmanand Saraswati.

In an Orissa daily, Maoist leader Azad has claimed responsibility for killing of the VHP leader.

As Kandamal continues to simmer with sporadic incidents of violence, 20 companies of CRPF have already reached the area.