Chennai: The Hindu Munnani’s loud cries of “unbridled terror” are unlikely to get muted and the organisation is likely to become more aggressive as its survival is at stake.
The Hindu front which espouses the cause of Hindus is confronted with the stark reality of thinning of its ranks due to “jihadis” and the latest loss is the ghastly murder of the oranisation’s spokesman C. Sasikumar in Subramaniyampalayam in the textile city.
Since the last one-and-a-half years over 16 leaders and cadres of the Hindu Munnani, the RSS and other organisations have been slain and since about a week there have been at least five incidents of attacks leading to the killing of Suri alias Suresh Kumar, VHP Dindigul district secretary, and the murderous attack on Shankar Ganesh, HM’s Dindigul district executive committee member, on Sept. 19. There have been two incidents of petrol bomb attacks on the cadres of HM in Vellore and a similar attack in Tiruppur – all since Monday.
“The state government and the police have miserably failed to act. The police has become impotent and hence are unable to prevent such dastardly acts on our members,” says Hindu Munnani founder-convenor Ramagopalan.
The veteran leader who himself survived a bid on his life in Madurai, has been waging a battle to ensure justice to the killings of the Hindu leaders.
Reacting strongly to the murder of Sasikumar he told this correspondent that he had already briefed Union home minister Rajnath Singh (in April) and sought for a probe by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) into the Jihadi killings in TN. Mr. Rajnath has assured to take action, he added.
Asked if he was hoping the BJP-led government to direct the state government to take action, Mr. Ramagopalan replied, “law and order is a state subject. The government should act. It is the government’s responsibility to take the blame for these dastardly acts.”
Condemning the killing of Sasikumar, Union minister of state for road transport, highways and shipping Pon Radhakrishnan, who has strong roots in the HM before joining the BJP, says Sasikumar’s murder has been a rude shock. “He has been involved only in the service of the wellbeing of the people around. His
murder is shocking… I urge the state government to arrest the culprits and award them harsh punishment,” Mr Radhakrishnan said.
Alleging that the police knew about Sasikumar’s killing beforehand, Hindu Munnani’s City general secretary T. Elango claimed that the police have been keeping a close watch on the movement of the leaders and cadres. “Even before we plan to meet, the police would be knocking at our doors desirous to know our meeting plans. I strongly believe that the police would have smelt trouble for Sasikumar but have failed to protect him,” Mr. Elango added. “The point is,” he said, “when the police were sure that something would happen, what had prevented them from averting the tragedy?”
