The Pioneer, Aug 26, 2008
Pioneer News Service | Bhawanipatna
The 12-hour bandh of the State organised by the Viswa Hindu Parishad on Monday in protest against the brutal murder of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four others in the ashram completely paralysed the normal life at Bhawanipatna. Hundreds of activists from VHP, Hindu Jagaran Sammukhya, Bajarang Dal and RSS, organised a protest meeting, staged demonstrations and blocked roads at different places throughout the district of Kalahandi. In a Press statement the Member of Parliament from Kalahandi, Bikram Keshari Deo has demanded an inquiry by a Supreme Court judge.
Markets, banks and private commercial establishments remained closed and operation was affected in some Government offices too. A scooter and a motorcycle were torched by the supporters of the bandh at Naktiguda. Attempts to set fire to churches in some areas were foiled by timely police intervention.
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