Night attack on Kerala mosque leaves 1 dead, RSS workers held

A 30-year-old man was killed in an attack on Wednesday night on a mosque, allegedly by RSS activists, in Kerala’s Alappuzha district.Ac...

A 30-year-old man was killed in an attack on Wednesday night on a mosque, allegedly by RSS activists, in Kerala’s Alappuzha district.

According to reports, a group of men who came in two jeeps attacked the mosque in Kathuvinal on Wednesday night. The police have reportedly taken nine RSS activists into custody.

The mosque’s Imam Muhammed Musaliar was among the two injured in the attack.

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Police believe Ashraff, who died early this morning at the Medical College Hospital here, was an activist of National Democratic Front (NDF), an Islamic fundamentalist organisation. There have been frequent fights between the RSS and NDF over the last one year in the area.

NDF’s district convenor Sudheer Punnapra denied that Ashraff was an activist but his organisation called a bandh in protest in the taluk.

While Ashraff was buried in the presence of a large gathering, tension prevailed in the area. A strong police force led by I.G. Sen Kumar and DIG Sreelekha are camping there.

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