Freedom fighter Laxman Nayak's death anniv observed in Berhampur

BERHAMPUR: Homage was paid to Saheed Laxman Nayak in the city on 29^th March to mark his 70th martyrdom day. He was a great tribal civil rights activist of South Odisha during the British era. He was falsely implicated in a case by the British and sentenced to death. He was hanged at the age of 43 in the Berhampur jail on March 29, 1943.

People paid floral tributes at the cell where he was kept before his hanging. Peoples’ representatives of the region, officials of the State Administration and corporators of the Berhampur Municipal Corporation were present at the jail to pay homage. A meeting was also organised at the place in memory of the martyr and the statue of Saheed Laxman Nayak was also garlanded by dignitaries.