Murder of Lakshmanananda Saraswati

Murder of Lakshmanananda Saraswati
Kandhamal
Kandhamal (Odisha)
Location20°28′N 84°14′E / 20.47°N 84.23°E / 20.47; 84.23
Kandhamal, Odisha
Date23 August 2008
TargetLakshmanananda Saraswati
Attack type
Murder
WeaponsAk-47 and other revolvers
Deaths5 (including Lakshmanananda Saraswati)
Perpetrators8
Assailants7 Christians and 1 Maoist leader

Lakshmanananda Saraswati (c. 1926 – 23 August 2008) and four of his disciples were murdered on 23 August 2008 in the state of Odisha in India. Saraswati was a leader of the Vishva Hindu Parishad, a subsidiary of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary organisation.

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