<p>Fast track court judge Sobhan Kumar Das convicting the 15 people of Gudrukia village in Baliguda also fined them Rs 1,000 each.<br /><br />The convicted persons were involved in rioting and setting fire to houses belonging to the minority community in the 2008 communal violence in the district.<br /><br />Large-scale violence had taken place in Kandhamal district after the killing of VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati on August 23 that year.</p>
<p>Fast track court judge Sobhan Kumar Das convicting the 15 people of Gudrukia village in Baliguda also fined them Rs 1,000 each.<br /><br />The convicted persons were involved in rioting and setting fire to houses belonging to the minority community in the 2008 communal violence in the district.<br /><br />Large-scale violence had taken place in Kandhamal district after the killing of VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati on August 23 that year.</p>