Aurobindo Society wants probe into murder

Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 20:35 [IST]

Kozhikode, Aug 26 (UNI) Sri Aurobindo Service Society (SASS) today demanded a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation into the August 23 murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami Laxmanand Saraswati in Orissa.

Condemning the murder, the SASS, in a release here, said Swamiji 'obstructed forceful conversion and transportation of children to orphanages and seminaries in South India' thus developing enmity with large number of non-governmental organisations and foreign funding agencies in the Eastern State.

It also sought a probe into bulk money transaction by the NGOs working among the people.

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