Team News Riveting
Kochi, July 12
Bombs were hurled at the Payyannur office of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Kannur district of Kerala on Tuesday.
The RSS suspects CPI(M) of carrying out the attack that had been caught on camera. The incident occurred around 1.00 am, police said. The window panes and furniture in the office were damaged in the incident. The CCTV visuals of the attack underlined several explosions could be seen within the boundary wall of the RSS office with many of its windows damaged in the incident.
The incident came less than 24 hours after a PFI leader was killed in a village near Palakkad. Subair, 43, was allegedly hacked to death at Elappully in the district while he was returning home after offering prayers in a mosque.
The RSS workers have been on the target of political opponents in Kerala since long. In 2021, a 27-year-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker named Sanjith was killed by Subair, Salam, and Isahak, all of them natives of Kerala. The incident took place on Kinassery near Palakkad-Thrissur National Highway. The victim received a total of 15 wounds.
On April 16, 2022, a 45-year-old RSS worker named Srinivasan was attacked by a group of assailants at his shop in the heart of Palakkad town. The BJP then alleged that the Social Democratic Party of India, the political offshoot of the Political Front of India (PFI), was behind the killing of Srinivasan.
Also, in February this year, 26-year-old RSS worker Sharath Chandran of Thrikunnapuzha was killed, and his friend Manoj was injured after a group of 15 persons attacked them at Kumarapuram in Alappuzha. The BJP had then suspected that CPM and DYFI workers were responsible for the killing.
The police have registered an offence and are investigating the fresh incident.
