Manoj Pradhan
Manoj Pradhan | |
|---|---|
| Organization | BJP |
| Known for | Kandhamal riots |
| Criminal status | Convicted in 2 undertrial in 2 |
| Convictions | Murder (2008) Murder (2010) |
| Criminal charge | 4 Murders (2008) |
| Penalty | 7 year imprisonment (2008) 6 year imprisonment (2010) |
Capture status | On bail |
| Member of the Odisha Assembly for 10th Odisha Assembly from G. Udayagiri (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency) | |
| In office 2009–2014 | |
| Preceded by | Ajayanti Pradhan |
| Succeeded by | Jacob Pradhan |
Manoj Pradhan is an Indian politician from the Bharatiya Janata Party, who was convicted of murder in January 2010. He was elected from the G. Udayagiri assembly constituency from the state of Orissa. He has been convicted in two cases of murder during the Kandhamal riots of 2008, in which 38 people were killed and more than 25,000 Christians were displaced. During the swearing-in of the state assembly, Pradhan was in jail but was given 15 days bail so he could participate.