The violence between the Hindus and the Christians followed after the death of Swami Lakshmanananda has so far taken 16 lives and forced around 10000 people to take refugee in the forests of Orissa. Swami Laxmanananda Saraswati and four of his close aids had been killed in a grenade attack on 23rd August 2008. The Hindus believe that the murder was planned and executed by some sects of the Christians. As a result violence broke out in Orissa claiming a lot of innocent lives and their belongings. The Sangh Parivar and VHP were in the thick of action in this anti Christian riots. They claim that the Christian missionaries in Orissa have been involved in forceful conversion, for which Swami Lakshmanananda was against. As the result Sanpar Parivar /VHP strongly believes that the Christians are behind the plot. A lot of Christians in various villages fled to the forest in order to save their lives. Even small children were not spared in the riots. Such a inhuman behavior was never expected by VHP and the Sangh Parivar. Byt killing these innocents they could not even punish the real culprits, on the other hand they just cut short the life span of some of the innocents. The Orissa Government was a total failure in controlling the situation.
The Kandhamal District in Orissa suffered the most as a large number of houses belonging to the Christians were charred to ashes.
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