Kandhamal ( Orissa) : In a fresh violence in the wake of the killing of VHP leader Swami Laxamananda Saraswati, three persons have been killed on Tuesday in communally-sensitive Kandhamal district in Southern Orissa. "We have information about death of three persons in Raikia area. The details are being collected," Revenue Divisional Commissioner of Southern Division Satyabrata Sahu said. "The situation in Kandhamal district is very tense but under control," he further added. According to the police sources the three persons have died of asphyxiation after their houses were torched midnight on Monday. With the fresh deaths reported from Raikia, the toll in violence triggered by the killing of the Laxmanananda Saraswati and four others on Saturday night rose to five. Two persons, one each in Kandhamal and Bargarh were burnt to death on Monday during the 12-hour state-wide bandh. Meanwhile Indefinite curfew was imposed in almost all parts of the tribal-dominated Kandhamal district including Phulbani, Tumudibandh, Baliguda, Udaygiri, Nuagaon and Tikabali as a precautionary measure and to bring the situation under control. Rapid Action Force (RAF) personnel were deployed in several sensitive areas of the district while schools, colleges and educational institutions remained closed. A large number of houses and churches were torched by irate mob in several areas including Nuagaon, Raikia, Udaygiri, Phiringia and Baliguda, sources in police department said. (odishatoday)
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