On Sunday, Kerala police said that an RSS worker who is a prime accused in a bomb attack on a police station. On January 3 bombs were hurled at the Nedumangad Police Station during a shutdown that was called by Hindutva outfits who were protesting against the entry of two woman into Shabrimala Temple, by Praveen who is a district functionary of the RSS and his accomplice Sreejit, a sangh worker, they said. The duo was arrested from the Thamapanoor railway station here, they added.
Police had issued a look out notice against Praveen after CCTV visuals showed him hurling at least four bombs at the police station during a clash with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers. A Special Investigation team was also constituted to nab the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) functionary, they said.
Guarded by four policemen in civil dress, the two women, Kanakadurga (44) and Bindu (42), created history by stepping into the hallowed precincts of the hill-shrine on January 2. A 12-hour shutdown was called by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other right-wing outfits to protest against their entry.
The Supreme Court had on September 28 lifted the ban on entry of girls and women between 10 and 50 years of age into the shrine dedicated to Lord Ayyappa.