Christian killed after a Baptism ceremony

2014-05-25

Main Information

  • Victim Names Nimmaka Laxmaya
  • Date of Incident 2014-05-25
  • Nature of Violence Murder/Lynch
  • Causal factors Religious identity
  • Religion of Vicitim Christians
  • Name of Perpetrator Hindu fundamentalists
  • State Odhisa
  • City/District Rayagada, Dherubada
  • Party in Power BJD

Other Information

  • Location of Incident Dherubada
  • Perpetrator Organization Other Right Wing Hindutva
  • Place of incident N/A

Dherubada, Rayagada (Orissa): – Nimmaka Laxmaya, 50, is the latest Christian victim in Odisha. He was waylaid and bludgeoned to death by the Hindu fundamentalists on the afternoon of 25th May 2014 in a village called Dherubada in Orissa. He hailed from a neighbouring village called Vandidi. He was returning from a Baptism ceremony where his son had been baptized the same day. He was attacked on his way back to home. The murder seemed to have been pre-planned and was very cleverly executed to spread a sort of fear among the members of Christian prayer groups in that area. The anti-christian groups later came to threat and harass the Christian community of the area.