Kandhamal riot accused out on bail to take oath as MLA.Byline: ANIPhulbani, July 5 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata party (bär`ətēə jän`ətə) [Hindi,=Indian People's party] (BJP), Indian political party that espouses Hindu nationalism. (BJP BJP Bharatiya Janata Party (India) BJP British Journal of Psychiatry BJP British Journal of Photography BJP Bubble Jet Printer (Canon) BJP Bence Jones Protein BJP Boston Jolly Pirates ) leader and a prime accused in several cases relating to last year's communal violence in Orissa's Kandhamal district, Manoj Pradhan was released from jail today to be able to take oath as a member of the Orissa legislative Assembly. Legislator from G. Udayagiri constituency, Pradhan was released after a fast track court here granted him conditional bail for 15 days in two cases. Earlier, he had got bail in 12 other cases. Pradhan was lodged in jail since his arrest in October 2008 on charge of murder, riot and arson. He was granted interim bail on the basis of the Orissa High Court's order. After his release, Pradhan said: "I have been falsely implicated im·pli·cate tr.v. im·pli·cat·ed, im·pli·cat·ing, im·pli·cates 1. To involve or connect intimately or incriminatingly: evidence that implicates others in the plot. 2. . The charges levelled against me are fabricated and fictitious."radhan had not been able to take oath as a Member of the state Assembly as he was in judicial custody in Kandhamal. Kandhamal had witnessed the killing of 38 Christians and the burning of several houses and churches during communal violence last year following the murder of VHP VHP Veterans History Project VHP Vishva Hindu Parishad (India) VHP Visible Human Project VHP Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide (low temperature sterilant) VHP Very High Pressure leader Laxmanananda Saraswati. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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