Police arrest BJP councillor in 2018 Sandeepananda Giri Ashram arson assault case

By Express News Service

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Crime Branch (CB) has arrested a BJP chief in reference to the 2018 arson assault of Swamy Sandeepananda Giri’s ashram.

Thiruvananthapuram PTP Nagar councillor V G Girikumar was arrested for allegedly hatching a conspiracy. The arrest was made after one different RSS worker, Sabari gave a press launch hinting at Girikumar’s operate throughout the case, the Crime Branch talked about.

Sabari, an area of Karumamkulam, was arrested from his dwelling on Monday evening time. 

The Crime Branch talked about Sabari was immediately involved throughout the arson assault, which damaged three autos and gutted a portion of the ashram.

The ashram at Kundumankadavu was set on hearth in 2018 when the Sabarimala agitation on girls’s entry was at its peak. Sandeepananda Giri was in favour of ladies’s entry into the hill shrine, which was vehemently objected to by the rightwingers, along with RSS.

The Crime Branch has up to now arrested 4 people in reference to the case. The native police had initially probed the case and didn’t make headway. The Crime Branch later made a breakthrough after a youth from Kundamankadavu claimed his brother, who had devoted suicide, was part of the gang that attacked the ashram.

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Crime Branch (CB) has arrested a BJP chief in reference to the 2018 arson assault of Swamy Sandeepananda Giri’s ashram.

Thiruvananthapuram PTP Nagar councillor V G Girikumar was arrested for allegedly hatching a conspiracy. The arrest was made after one different RSS worker, Sabari gave a press launch hinting at Girikumar’s operate throughout the case, the Crime Branch talked about.

Sabari, an area of Karumamkulam, was arrested from his dwelling on Monday evening time. googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );

The Crime Branch talked about Sabari was immediately involved throughout the arson assault, which damaged three autos and gutted a portion of the ashram.

The ashram at Kundumankadavu was set on hearth in 2018 when the Sabarimala agitation on girls’s entry was at its peak. Sandeepananda Giri was in favour of ladies’s entry into the hill shrine, which was vehemently objected to by the rightwingers, along with RSS.

The Crime Branch has up to now arrested 4 people in reference to the case. The native police had initially probed the case and didn’t make headway. The Crime Branch later made a breakthrough after a youth from Kundamankadavu claimed his brother, who had devoted suicide, was part of the gang that attacked the ashram.