RSS forced me to attack Church; then tried to kill me for political gains'

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 27: In a shocking revelation, a former activist of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has claimed that his organisation forced him to indulge in anti-social activities such as attacking religious centres of non-Hindus, and then tried to kill him for political gains.

The victim of the venomous ideology is S Vishnu (25), hailing from Karakulam Panchayat in Thiruvananthapuram, who had been visiting the RSS since he was seven years old.

According to Vishnu, who is currently undergoing treatment at the Thiruvananthapuram General Hospital, RSS started torturing him after he repented for his hate crimes and started opposing illegal activities of Sangh Parivar.

He revealed that he was confined by the RSS workers for about 38 days, and he was forced to write a “suicide note” blaming CPI (M) Kannur district secretary P Jayarajan. The intention of the saffron outfit was to kill Vishnu and gain political mileage by holding their opponents responsible for the murder, he said.

“RSS workers had pelted stones at a Pentecost church last year with the intention of creating communal violence in Kerala. I was also an accused in the case. I did that because they asked me to do so. I am also an accused in blocking a vehicle that brought buffaloes to be used during the holy month of Ramadan. Though I did all this at their behest, later I questioned all this and they were not happy about me since then,” he alleged.

Mr Vishnu said that he and a few others, who quit RSS were receiving threats. “It was then that RSS member Kannan, an accused in the murder of CPI (M) member Kannur Dhanraj, came to Thirivananthapuram. He had been trying to create problems in the area by destroying the BJP flags and putting the blame on CPI(M). We had questioned that. We also informed police about his activities,” he alleged.

He alleged that after that incident, RSS workers plotted against him and tried to kill him. “Many leaders including BJP leader Saju assaulted me. Later, they took me to Neyyantinkara. There, some other leaders questioned me asking how I am related to P Jayarajan. To prepare a magazine, I had met many prominent political leaders including P Jayarajan and many other Muslim League and BJP leaders. But I had no other contacts with him,” he said.

Vishnu says that RSS workers took him to different places in Kollam and Thiruvananthapuram districts and kept him in illegal confinement. He added that they asked him to obey what the Sangh says and claimed that they tortured him for about 86 hours without giving food or allowing him to sleep.

“I begged them not to kill me. But they said they would abandon me in the middle of the sea,” he says, expressing remorse for foolishly working for RSS for 18 years.

He said that he escaped from their clutches on January 22, when all RSS workers went to visit Amritanandamayi near Vallikkavu. “I knew that they would kill me. They were telling me that I would be handed over to RSS workers in Kannur. So, when I got a chance, I escaped,” he said.