By TwoCircles.net staff reporter
Chennai: The Tamilnadu Police have arrested an office bearer of Hindu Munnani in connection with the bomb blast at the RSS office in Tenkasi in the Tirunelveli District of Tamilnadu. This latest arrest points to the fact that senior leaders of Sangh Parivar were involved in the conspiracy.
A bomb blast took place at the RSS office at Tenkasi on January 24. After a thorough investigation, the Tamilnadu Police had arrested 7 persons belonging to Sangh Parivar outfits. They had confessed that they indulged in this terror act to instigate the local Hindu population against the Muslims.
On further investigation, the Tamilnadu Police have arrested Siva Alias Sivanandam, who is the General Secretary of Hindu Munnani at Kadayanallur, a neighbouring town of Tenkasi. Formed in 1980, Hindu Munnani is a frontal organisation of Sangh Parivar operating in Tamilnadu.
Siva, who has earlier worked in quarries in the neighbouring state of Kerala had supplied the ammonium nitrate and other raw materials for preparing the bombs. The Tamilnadu Police are further investigating the case. Meanwhile it is reliably learnt that central investigating agencies have collected relevant information from Tamilnadu Police in connection with the blast.
Tenkasi is a busy town in Tirunelveli District of Tamilnadu. Since its location is close to the famous Courtallam waterfalls it attracts a large number of tourists. Hindus belonging to various castes as well as Muslims and Christians have been living in harmony in this town from time immemorial.
Tenkasi means Kasi of South. This town has a famous temple called Kasi Viswanathar Temple. Though the local Sangh Parivar outfit called Hindu Munnani has been long objecting to the renovation of the Bazaar Masjid situated very near to the temple, perfect communal harmony has prevailed in this town.