Malappuram: Four RSS workers were taken into custody by the police on Wednesday in connection with the murder of Faisal, who had converted to Islam recently. Their arrest will be recorded on Thursday. The four, including close relatives of Faisal, were being quizzed about their alleged associates who murdered him early on Saturday.
The CCTV visuals retrieved from a nearby shop in the street, where Faisal’s mutilated body was found, helped the police in the investigation. A car and two bikes were seen passing through the area close to the time of the murder. The police have identified one of the vehicles.
Faisal’s mother Meenakshi’s statement pointed the needle of suspicion at Sangh Parivar organisations and their involvement in the murder which was reportedly in retaliation for Faisal’s and his family’s recent conversion to Islam. Meenakshi had alleged that her son-in-law, an RSS worker, had helped the killers and covertly passed information on Faisal’s movements prior to the murder.
Meenakshi had also said that her son’s conversion was on his own volition and that she had no reservations against his decision. “Now we have realised that many of the recent suspicious moves of my son-in-law had connection with the murder. He had raised threats against Faisal several times. But we never expected such a turn of events,” she said.
