Odisha Crime Branch to probe missing judicial report on VHP leader’s killing
2 sources·Updated July 28, 2026

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- The Hindu Top·4h agoOdisha CMO missing file case handed over to Crime Branch
The killing of Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and several others in 2008 triggered large-scale communal violence between Hindus and Christians in Kandhamal district, marking one of the worst incidents of anti-Christian violence in the State.
Read at The Hindu Top → - Hindustan Times India·13h agoOdisha Crime Branch to probe missing judicial report on VHP leader’s killing
VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati and four associates were shot dead by Maoists at his ashram in Odisha’s Kandhamal district on Aug. 23, 2008
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