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Orissa's Naxal menace

April 15, 2009
Orissa has also been affected by the Naxal malaise. Extreme poverty in a large number of districts has bred a lot of resentment against the state.

The Maoists recently stirred up violence by claiming to kill a Hindu priest, Swami Laxmanand Saraswati, and attacking a posse of policemen near the Andhra-Orissa border.

Image: Chief Minister of Orissa, Naveen Patnaik.

Photograph: Reuters

Also see: Naveen Patnaik's master stroke in Orissa
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