Five persons were on Wednesday acquitted by a court here for lack of evidence against them in a house burning case during the 2008 communal riots in Kandhamal district.
Additional District judge Rajendra Kumar Tosh acquitted the five while disposing of a case of house burning at Penela village under the G Udayagiri police station on August 27, 2008 during the riots. The acquitted persons were Suranjan Mallick, Janaka Pradhan, Sibaram Mallick, Nakula Pradhan and Ganapati Pradhan.