A committee appointed by BJP president J.P. Nadda to probe the communal violence on the eve of Hanuman Jayanti in Sambalpur in Odisha in April, has blamed it on “lack” of security arrangements.
The four-member panel of MPs — Brij Lal, Samir Oraon, Aditya Sahu and Jyotirmay Singh Mahato — submitted its report to Mr. Nadda on Tuesday.
The committee alleged that stones were thrown from mosques and rooftops at the Hanuman Jayanti procession on motorcycles on April 12, causing injuries to many people, party leaders said.
It further alleged adequate security arrangements were not made despite Intelligence alert of likely violence. Significantly, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) was not directly blamed for the violence in which one person was killed.
