25th August 2008 - Orissa to bear the brunt of bandh

The killing of a Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader and some others by Maoists in Kandhamal district of Orissa is putting Orissa back to burner. Though the Church in India has already condemned the killing and mourned the death of the 82-year-old Hindu activist, a section of pro-Hindu groups are blaming Christians for the killings and called for a bandh today. The reaction is swift as two churches have been ransacked already.