The Odisha Government has proposed enhanced compensation for the victims of the 2008 Kandhamal riots. Presenting its case before the Supreme Court, the State Government has given a proposal for a 10-per cent hike in Central compensation and a 15-per cent increase in compensation given by the State, according to sources,
In December 2015, the Justice AS Naidu Commission of Inquiry set up by the State Government to probe the 2008 Kandhamal riots, presented its final report to the State Government.
The commission was instituted on September 8, 2008 after communal riots broke out in Kandhamal district and other parts of the State following the murder of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Swami lakshmanananda Saraswati and four of his associates at his Jalespeta Ashram in Kandhamal on August 23.
The Government had appointed Justice Sarat Chandra Mohapatra to conduct the inquiry. After the demise of Justice Mohapatra, Justice AS Naidu was appointed to head the one-man panel in 2012.