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Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) person Ashwini Kumar was killed successful wide daylight successful the municipality of Iritty connected March 10, 2005. (X/Rajesh Padmar)
A sessions tribunal successful Kerala’s Thalassery Saturday acquitted 13 activists of the National Development Front (NDF) — which aboriginal evolved into the now-outlawed Popular Front of India (PFI) — successful transportation with the 2005 execution of salient Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) person Ashwini Kumar.
The tribunal recovered lone 1 retired 14 alleged accused guilty. The quantum of punishment volition beryllium pronounced later.
Kumar, who was besides Kannur territory convenor of Kerala’s Hindu Aikya Vedi, was killed successful wide daylight successful the municipality of Iritty connected March 10, 2005. He was traveling by a autobus erstwhile a pack waylaid it and pulled retired Kumar earlier stabbing him to death. The pack utilized crude bombs to scare different passengers and fled successful their conveyance aft stabbing the RSS leader, who died connected the spot.
It was alleged that Kumar was murdered successful retaliation for the sidesplitting of an NDF worker. The constabulary had chargesheeted the accused successful 2009.
Kumar’s execution was 1 of the sensational governmental killings successful Kannur involving RSS and NDF. The right-wing militant Muslim outfit past entered into convulsive politics, past dominated by Sangh Parivar and the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
The NDF was renamed PFI aboriginal to get a pan-Indian presence. The PFI was banned successful 2022 by the Union government, though its governmental helping the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI), is inactive active.
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