By VISAKEO Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR: Church sponsored militants with the support of Naveen Patnaik have shot dead Pravat Panigrahi, a RSS worker in Kandhamal district. The Church paid goons fired at Panigrahi at Rudigaon village and fled from the spot as police did not take active steps to nab them. Panigrahi hails from Bandapipili village, was in the hit list of the alleged Church sponsored ultras.
The killer however blocked the road between Kotagada and Rudiguma by felling trees, which took more time for the police to reach the spot after clearing the road, sources added. Panigrahi, preferred to stay at a different place instead of his house as he feared danger to his life.
The youth was the second RSS Swayamsevak after 33-year-old Dhanu Pradhan to be killed in the ongoing ethno-communal riot. Pradhan was killed on 5 November, 2008, while Swami Laxamananda Saraswati was gunned down on 23 August, 2008. With killing of Panigrahi, the death toll in the Kandhamal violence had touched 44.
It may be noted here that the victim was one among those arrested in connection with last year communal flare up following the brutal murder of Hindu Seer. Panigrahi was released from Baliguda jail on bail on March 14.
The incident has sent a shock wave among RSS workers in the riot hit district. Senior RSS and VHP leaders here have alleged that the killers were not Maoists but paid goons of Church. “This was an act of Church to demoralize tribal Hindus in Kandhamal,” Hindu Jagaran Samukhya State chief Ashok Sahu added. VHP State General secretary GP Rath also blamed the Church for the killing.
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