APPEAL FOR PEACE: Sister Nirmala, Superior-General of the Missionaries of Charity, meets Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday. She stressed the need for strong action in Kandhamal district to restore peace.
BHUBANESWAR: The situation in riot-hit Kandhamal district was bad and the Orissa government should continue taking strong measures to bring the situation under control, Sister Nirmala, Superior-General of the Missionaries of Charity, said here on Tuesday.
Talking to journalists after she met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Sister Nirmala said she was happy that the government had started taking strong measures to restore peace in Kandhamal.
“I am happy now that the State government has started taking strong measures. They should continue their efforts so that peace may return and violence-affected families could return to their homes,” she said.
The people who had been affected by the communal violence in Kandhamal were unsafe and reluctant to return to their villages out of fear, she said.
Sister Nirmala had written to Mr. Patnaik on August 28 urging him to restore peace in Kandhamal when Christian families and their houses were being attacked in the wake of the killing of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Swami Lakshmanananda. In her letter, she had also referred to the rape of the Catholic nun at K. Nuagaon.
The Crime Branch of the State police have arrested the main accused in the nun rape case taking the number of arrests in the case to five. More arrests were expected soon, according to Director-General of Police Manmohan Praharaj.Bid to reach nun
Mr. Praharaj also appealed to the nun to participate in the legal proceedings in the case. A police team was camping in New Delhi to reach to the nun.
Mr. Patnaik reviewed the situation in Kandhamal and directed the authorities to keep a close watch on the situation to restore normality in the district. He also emphasised the need for rehabilitating thousands of riot-affected people who had taken shelter in relief camps.
In another development, as many as 40 riot-affected people from Kandhamal led by Opposition Leader J.B. Patnaik met Governor M. C. Bhandare and demanded that the CBI should be asked to probe all cases pertaining to the communal violence in the district.
The violence-affected people countered the government’s claim that those taking shelter in relief camps had started returning to their villages.
Those living in the camps were leaving for distant places as there was no safety in their villages, they said.
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BHUBANESWAR: The situation in riot-hit Kandhamal district was bad and the Orissa government should continue taking strong measures to bring the situation under control, Sister Nirmala, Superior-General of the Missionaries of Charity, said here on Tuesday.
Talking to journalists after she met Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, Sister Nirmala said she was happy that the government had started taking strong measures to restore peace in Kandhamal.
“I am happy now that the State government has started taking strong measures. They should continue their efforts so that peace may return and violence-affected families could return to their homes,” she said.
The people who had been affected by the communal violence in Kandhamal were unsafe and reluctant to return to their villages out of fear, she said.
Sister Nirmala had written to Mr. Patnaik on August 28 urging him to restore peace in Kandhamal when Christian families and their houses were being attacked in the wake of the killing of Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Swami Lakshmanananda. In her letter, she had also referred to the rape of the Catholic nun at K. Nuagaon.
The Crime Branch of the State police have arrested the main accused in the nun rape case taking the number of arrests in the case to five. More arrests were expected soon, according to Director-General of Police Manmohan Praharaj.Bid to reach nun
Mr. Praharaj also appealed to the nun to participate in the legal proceedings in the case. A police team was camping in New Delhi to reach to the nun.
Mr. Patnaik reviewed the situation in Kandhamal and directed the authorities to keep a close watch on the situation to restore normality in the district. He also emphasised the need for rehabilitating thousands of riot-affected people who had taken shelter in relief camps.
In another development, as many as 40 riot-affected people from Kandhamal led by Opposition Leader J.B. Patnaik met Governor M. C. Bhandare and demanded that the CBI should be asked to probe all cases pertaining to the communal violence in the district.
The violence-affected people countered the government’s claim that those taking shelter in relief camps had started returning to their villages.
Those living in the camps were leaving for distant places as there was no safety in their villages, they said.
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