NIA Arrests PFI Worker In Connection With RSS Leader Srinivasan's Murder In Palakkad

The accused Saheer K.V was absconding since the crime and was carrying a reward of Rs. 4 lakhs.

The accused Saheer was a resident of Palakkad and he was part of the PFI Assault and Protection Team.

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The National Investigation Agency arrested another Popular Front of India (PFI) member on Tuesday wanted in the gruesome murder of RSS leader Srinivasan in Palakkad in Kerala on April 16, 2022.

According to ANI, National Investigation Agency (NIA) said, “In a major breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency on Tuesday arrested another PFI member who was wanted in the gruesome murder of RSS leader Srinivasan in Palakkad in Kerala on April 16, 2022.”

“The accused, Saheer K.V, was absconding since the crime and was carrying a reward of Rs. 4 lakhs. An NIA Fugitive Tracking Team (FTT) tracked him to a relative’s house in Palakkad district and arrested him,” the agency said.

In a major breakthrough, the National Investigation Agency on Tuesday arrested another Popular Front of India (PFI) member who was wanted in the gruesome murder of RSS leader Srinivasan in Palakkad in Kerala on April 16, 2022: National Investigation Agency (NIA)

— ANI (@ANI) May 17, 2023

Saheer was a resident of Palakkad and he was part of the PFI Assault and Protection Team. The team reportedly carried out the targeted killing of Srinivasan. Saheer was also responsible for providing protection to the main assailants of Srinivasan, the release from NIA said.

Srinivasan's Murder

On April 16, 2021, RSS worker Srinivasan was hacked to death in broad daylight as a retaliation to the murder of Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) worker. Three bike-borne assailants hacked Srinivasan to death inside a shop. He was immediately rushed to the hospital but he was declared dead. The witness of the incident said that Sreenivasan was hacked over 20 times with sharp objects. 

Earlier, Srinivasan was a former Physical Education instructor at RSS.

Before the alleged retaliatory murder, Subair, secretary of Popular Front, was hacked to death. 

Two political murders were also reported in Kerala in November 2021.