SC orders additional compensation to victims of 2008 anti-Christian violence in Kandhamal

A petition was filed by Archbishop Rachel Cheenath on which the verdict has been pronounced.

Violence had erupted in August 2008 in 10 districts of Odisha including Kandhamal when a local leader and VHP member Swami Lakhmananda Saraswati was assasinated by unknown assailants on August 23. His death led to an outrage against the Christian community leading to widespread incidences of murder, forceful conversions and destruction of churches.