Sabyasachi Panda, also commonly known by his alias Babu Panda, is an Indian Naxalite-Maoist leader and

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. He was wanted by the state police of several states in India for his involvement in criminal activities He came into international news in 2012, for his alleged engineering of the kidnapping of two

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s nationals He is also alleged to have involved and wanted in more than 50 criminal cases, including the murder of Swami Laxamananda Saraswati and four of his aides in

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district in 2008 that had triggered communal violence in the region He was expelled by the CPI(Maoist) and then he floated a new party called the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist-Maoist) He was also wanted in the abduction case of two Italian tourists, who were released later in March 2012 On 18 July 2014

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raided a Maoist hideout in

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on the basis of intelligence inputs and arrested Sabyasachi Panda from

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45-year-old Sabyasachi Panda carried a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head. Panda was captured on 18 July 2014 by Indian security forces in Ganjam District, Odisha.

Early life and education

Sabyasachi Panda, was born on 19 July 1972, in Mayurjhalia, Raj-Ranpur,

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, and he's is a son of a freedom fighter and three-time CPI(M) MLA from Ranpur,

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, also commonly known by his alias Ramesh Panda. He graduated in mathematics from Puri's Samant Chandra Shekhar government college. He love married to Subhashree Panda, also known as Mili Panda, She is an

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. who belongs to a different

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and hails from Nimapara village,

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. She the daughter-in-law of

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Murder of Swami Laxmananda Saraswati and his followers

Panda has been implicated in the 2008 murder of Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati and four of his followers in

district. The eighty-four-year-old monk had dedicated his life to Ghar Vapsi and to the ancient Vedic and Aryan traditions of the

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vanavasis and they revered him. The murder of Swami Lakshmananda Saraswati, combined with Christian Charity and upliftment efforts of the Panna Christian community, would trigger communal violence between the two groups. He was expelled by the CPI(Maoist) and then he floated a new party called the Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist-Maoist).

Other crimes

He was also wanted in the abduction case of two Italian tourists, who were released later in March 2012.

Capture

On 18 July 2014

raided a Maoist hideout in

on the basis of intelligence inputs and captured Panda in

, where he been hiding. The arrest was successfully carried out by the

. The forty-five-year-old carried a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh on his head.

References

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