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First conviction in Orissa rioting
July 01, 2009
A court in India has convicted a Hindu extremist for his role in the savage anti-Christian violence that swept through the state of Orissa last year. Chakradhara Mallick was sentenced to four years in prison for torching the home of a Christian. The guilty verdict was the first pronounced against a member of the Hindu mobs that carried out a pogram against Christians.
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