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Kandhamal rioters torch 8 houses in Boudh Debabrata Mohanty Posted: Oct 10, 2008 at 2356 hrs IST Bhubaneswar, October 9 Even as riot-scarred Kandhamal district is slowly heading towards normalcy, violence flared up in neighbouring Boudh district on Wednesday night when a group of tribals from Gochhapada area in Kandhamal entered Lamsaripali village under Kantamal police station area of Boudh and set fire to about eight houses. No casualties have been reported. However, police officials claim that this incident was not an outcome of communal tensions. According to Deputy Inspector General of Police R P Koche, Kondh tribals from Kandhamal had torched the houses of Dalits because of past enmity. Incidentally, communal clashes broke out in this area of Boudh last week when over 100 houses, mostly belonging to Pano Christians, were set on fire by tribals. The situation had been brought under control since then and no further incidents were reported until Wednesday night. IGP Koche added that police movement to the area was affected, as the attackers had blocked roads by felling trees, but some of the arsonists have been arrested. Additional security personnel, including one company of CRPF jawans and three platoons of the Orissa State Armed Police have been deployed in the area. Picking up the pieces •Even as Kandhamal remains peaceful, the biggest challenge before the administration is to ensure that the people in the relief camps return home, say officials. Out of about 23,000 people who had sought refuge in the camps, around 15,000 still remain. • The CID team probing the Laxmanananda murder has sought extension of the remand of three tribal Christians accused of being involved in the crime. The three, Duryodhan Sunamajhi, Sanatan Badamajhi and Munda Badamajhi, have admitted to their role in the murder and are disclosing the names of other conspirators, said a CID official. • The Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Diocese Raphael Cheenath told The Indian Express that the nun who was allegedly raped during the Kandhamal riots is not in Delhi. He added that the 29-year-old does not want to surface anytime soon as she has lost all faith in the police. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
