Ex-DGP Jacob Thomas to join RSS as full-time pracharak
Kochi: Former Kerala Police Director General Jacob Thomas has announced that he will be joining the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a full-time pracharak.
Thomas confirmed that he will take part in the RSS padhasanchalan at Pallikkara in Ernakulam district on October 1, wearing the organisation’s official uniform, Ganavesham.
“I have been associated with the RSS for decades and have been in touch with its top leadership, including Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat. The discipline and selfless service of the cadre attracted me to the organisation. They are truly patriotic, and I have never met any RSS member who thinks of personal gains,” The New Indian Express quoted Thomas as saying.
He added that his links with the RSS go back to his years in the Indian Police Service and that he has expressed his willingness to serve as a full-time pracharak. “It is for the organisation to decide how to utilise my services,” he said.
The development comes amid growing efforts by the RSS and BJP to engage with Kerala’s Christian community.
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Dalit outfits call state-wide hartal over dental student’s death
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Various Dalit organisations on Monday announced a state-wide hartal seeking justice in the death of Kannur Dental College student Nithin Raj.
The hartal will be observed on Tuesday from 6 am to 6 pm.
As many as 52 Dalit organisations, including Justice for Nithin Raj Action Council, have announced the strike.
Organisations requesting cooperation for the strike said that no vehicles will be forcibly stopped and that all essential services are exempted.
Raj, a first-year BDS student at a private dental college in Anjarakkandy in Kannur district, was found critically injured after falling from a building on April 10 and later succumbed to his injuries.
Police have registered a case against two faculty members on charges of abetment of suicide and under provisions of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, following allegations by the student’s family that he was subjected to caste- and complexion-based harassment.
Kerala Pinnokka Samudaya Munnani (KPSM), one of the organisations supporting the hartal, alleged in a statement that police had shown apathy in the investigation and were attempting to protect the accused in the case.
KPSM state president K V Padmanabhan and general secretary S Anwar alleged that the probe into Raj’s death was being deliberately misdirected and delayed.
While the family has firmly alleged that caste discrimination and mental harassment by faculty members led to the student’s death, police were attempting to divert the investigation towards loan app borrowings, they claimed.
The organisation alleged that this was a planned move to shield the real accused.
KPSM further alleged that by deliberately delaying the arrest of the accused teachers, police enabled them to secure anticipatory bail.
They said there was no confidence in the present police investigation and demanded that the case be handed over to an independent agency at the earliest.
