BERHAMPUR/ BHUBANESWAR: Amid tight security, supporters of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati, who unidentified miscreants gunned down about four years ago triggering widespread ethno-communal riots in Kandhamal, on Thursday observed the Hindu seer's death anniversary.
Saraswati was assassinated along with four others inside his ashram at Jalespeta during Janmasthami celebrations on August 23, 2008. Coinciding with Janmasthami revelry, the Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati Shradhanjali Samiti paid tributes to the senior VHP leader.
The samiti members performed traditional rituals, including yagna and sankirtan, at ashrams founded by Saraswati at Jalespeta and Chakapada and reiterated their demand for arrest of those who killed Saraswati. Besides, they unveiled a statue of Saraswati at Jalespeta.
SP (Kandhamal) J N Pankaj said, "No untoward incident was reported and everything passed off peacefully." Police said at least 30 platoons of force were deployed at sensitive places in Kandhamal district. Police checked vehicles since Wednesday. Police patrolling was also intensified in vulnerable areas. "Police is keeping strict vigil and checking suspicious vehicles to prevent movement of miscreants," the SP said. Security arrangements, he added, would continue for the next two days.
Police said security would be beefed up from August 20, three days before Saraswati's death anniversary is observed in consonance with the English calendar.
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