Another accused in the murder case of an RSS man turns himself in

Another person wanted in connection with the murder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker A. Sanjit surrendered before the First Class Magistrate Court on Thursday. Ibrahim Moulavi of Wandoor surrendered before the court and was remanded in judicial custody.

Moulavi was charged with conspiracy. After his surrender, 23 of the 24 accused were in custody. Another accused, Noufal, is still at large. All of the accused were former members of the banned Popular Front of India.

Sanjit was hacked to death by a five-member gang on November 15, 2021, while riding a motorcycle with his wife in nearby Mambra.

Apparently in retaliation for Sanjit's murder, Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) worker A. Subair was hacked to death by an RSS gang in Elappully on April 15, 2022. Subair was killed while returning from Friday prayers on a bicycle along with his father.

Subair's murder was avenged the next day by a gang of SDPI men by killing A. Srinivasan, the former fitness coach of the RSS. Srinivasan was hacked to death on April 16, 2022, while sitting in his shop at Melamuri in Palakkad town.

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) is investigating the murders of the RSS men, while the state police are probing the murder of the SDPI man. More than six dozen PFI/SDPI workers and leaders have been charged in the murder of Sreenivasan. There are nine accused in the Subair murder case.