VHP renews demand for justice in Swami Laxmanananda murder case

Bhubaneswar, Nov 12 (UNI) Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) central organising general secretary Milind Parande has demanded that the missing Justice A.S. Naidu Commission report on the 2008 murder of Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati be traced and made public, alleging that its disappearance is hindering the pursuit of justice. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Parande alleged that Swami Lakshmanananda was assassinated on Janmashtami night in 2008 for opposing religious conversions and cow slaughter. He claimed that the security personnel deployed for the seer's protection were withdrawn a day before the killing due to the negligence of the then government. Questioning…