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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (3553)	1/24/1999 10:54:00 AM
From: Mohan Marette	Respond to of 12475

Hang killers of Austrialian missionary: Digvijay/PM for severe action. Sunday, January 24, 1999 GWALIOR: Madhya Pradesh chief minister Digvijay Singh today demanded capital punishment for the killers of the Australian missionary and his two children in Orissa and said the recent spurt in attacks on Christians could be linked to Sonia Gandhi's emergence in national politics. "The Orissa killings should be condemned by one and all. It is an act of cowardice and treachery. The culprits should be hanged", Singh, who was here to watch Pakistan's tour opener against India 'A' told PTI. Asked if the spurt in attacks on Christians was linked to Congress president Sonia Gandhi's emergence in national politics, he said, "it is likely. The attacks have increased after the party won elections to three state assemblies". Without directly naming Sangh Parivar, Singh said, fundamentalist forces were targeting Christians "after failing to terrorise Sikhs and Muslims". He pooh-poohed Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's call for a national debate on conversions saying, "it is a non-issue. There are better things to debate on". expressindia.com ========================= Sunday, January 24, 1999 PM for severe action against those involved in Orissa incident NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee today said the culprits, whosoever they may be, involved in the killing of an Australian missionary and his two sons in Orissa must be severely punished. He told reporters here that he had spoken to Orissa chief minister J.B. Patnaik and asked the state government to inquire into the incident, reports PTI. Asked about the suspected involvement of the Bajrang Dal in the killing, he said, "the incident is a matter of investigation and the guilty, whosoever they may be, must be severely punished. It's the state government's responsibility to apprehend the culprits." The Prime Minister was talking to reporters at the residence of Babulal Marandi, minister of state for environment and forests, after inaugurating 'Sohrae' (harvest festival of the Santhal tribes of Bihar). Earlier, home minister L.K. Advani said a special team of home ministry officials will be sent to Manoharpur village, where the incident occurred, for an on-the-spot study of the situation. A BJP team has gone from Bhubaneswar to take stock of the situation, he said. Advani, who reviewed the situation with his ministry officials today, said, "the dastardly act cannot but be condemned by all". He said he had spoken to chief minister Patnaik in this connection. expressindia.com ============================= Sunday, January 24, 1999 President condemns killing of missionary NEW DELHI: President K.R. Narayanan today condemned the killing of Australian missionary Dr G.S. Staines and his two minor sons in Orissa and termed the act as "a monumental aberration". "That some one who has spent years caring for patients of leprosy, instead of being thanked and appreciated as a role-model, should be done to death in this manner is a monumental aberration from the traditions of tolerance and humanity for which India has been known," he said. Narayanan said the barbarous killing of Dr Staines and his two minor sons "belongs to the world's inventory of black deeds". The President conveyed his deepest sympathy to Dr Staines' wife. PTI report. expressindia.com