Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said today that members of the Sangh parivar were involved in the communal violence in Kandhamal which claimed at least 38 lives besides causing damage to over 4600 houses. Replying to a question by a CPI member in the assembly, he said, it is learnt from investigation into the riot cases that the members of RSS, VHP and Bajrang Dal were involved in the violence that took place last year. Sangh Parivar activists were arrested in this connection, of them 85 were of the RSS and 321 members of VHP. He said, the number of Bajrang Dal workers arrested on charge of violence was 118. At least 27 persons allegedly involved in the riots are still in jails. To another question, Patnaik said the commission of inquiry probing the violence in Kandhamal after the killing of VHP leader Laxamananda Saraswati had so far received affidavits of 383 persons and examined at least 34 government officials.