Former Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda gets life imprisonment
(WorldNews India)

Former Maoist leader Sabyasachi Panda, alleged to be involved in high-profile cases such as the murder of Swami Lakshmanananda and the abduction of Italian tourists, was on Saturday awarded life imprisonment by a lower court in Ganjam. Advertising In 2008, Swami Lakshmanananda, a prominent seer, was gunned down in Kandhamal district in an attack by suspected Maoists in the area. Subsequently, Kandhamal saw violence that left 39 Christians dead and 395 churches vandalised. Four years later, two Italians were abducted by Maoists in Kandhamal district and were...