Cuttack: More than four months after being allegedly raped during the unrest in Orissa's Kandhamal district, a Catholic nun today identified two persons for their involvement in the incident, police said.

The 29-year-old nun, who attended the test identification parade of accused persons held at Choudwar jail near here, identified two persons from among those lined up for the exercise, a senior crime branch officer said. While 10 people had been arrested in connection with the case, 80 others were also presented before the nun during the parade, sources said, adding the exercise continued for about 90 minutes. She first spotted four persons from among the 10 arrested men and finally zeroed in on two of them, they said.

The much-awaited parade was held in the high-security jail after the nun arrived there escorted by crime branch sleuths including a lady police official and accompanied by three other women, believed to be church representatives. Sub-divisional judicial magistrate of Cuttack Sadar, P K Das, was also present during the parade, they said. Though the parade was to be held on Saturday, the authorities deferred the exercise till today citing "unnecessary media attention", they said. The nun was allegedly raped at K Nuagaon in strife-torn Kandhamal during the Orissa bandh on August 25 after prominent VHP leader Laxmanananda Saraswati was gunned down on August 23 at his Jalespota ashram in the district.

Source : PTI