Phulbani (Orissa), Dec 23 2009 Ten people were today sentenced to three to five years of rigorous imprisonment for torching houses of some people belonging to a minority community during last year's communal violence in Kandhamal district of Orissa.
Five persons were sentenced to five years of RI by a fast track court judge S K Das, while five others were awarded three years imprisonment by another fast track court judge C R Das for burning houses at Bedinaju and Kirtiguda villages respectively.
Both the incidents took place after the killing of VHP leader Swami Laxmananda Saraswati on August 23, last year.
About 25,000 people fled their homes after they were attacked by thousands of people who held the Christians responsible for Saraswati's killing.
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