Kerala

Vigilance probe reports arms training at temple

Written by : TNM

The News Minute | December 18, 2014 | 12.25 pm ISTThe allegations that a religious outfit is allegedly using the Thrikkadavoor Mahadeva Temple in Kollam district and its premises for imparting arms training and storage of arms and explosives has been confirmed by a vigilance and Ombudsman enquiry report.The Travancore Devaswom Ombudsman had submitted an enquiry report to Kerala High court on December 10 and had pointed out that he had received a complaint from a native of Thrikkadavoor alleging that the temple is now the centre of arms training of the religious outfit, Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh(RSS). The submitted report has now been released by Reporter TV. According to the report, the RSS activities inside the temple has support from the Temple advisory committee. It was also mentioned in the report that one of the rivals of the RSS was killed and the temple premises are being used as its hide-out.The temple Ombusdsman administrative officer Sujatha has claimed in the report that RSS activities has been going on in Temple premises for last 25 years and there are some practical issues to restrict this.

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