13 BJP-RSS MEN FOUND GUILTY IN KANNUR BOMB ATTACK

All 13 accused in a case regarding bomb attack on a house in 2000, in which three members of a family including a six-year old girl were injured, were found guilty by a local court on November 14.  Additional Sessions Court (Fast Track-3) Judge B Ramakanth found the activists of RSS and BJP guilty. The court found them guilty under various IPC sections including IPC 307 (attempt to murder) and section 3 and 5 of Explosives Substance Act. However, it dropped charges against sixth accused K Pradeepan following his death in a bomb explosion while allegedly making crude bombs at Cheruvanchery on November 10. The court examined 23 witnesses in the case. According to police, the incident occurred during the panchayat polls on September 27, 2000 when a group of activists belonging to BJP and RSS threw a crude bomb while the girl was playing with her brother in front of her uncle’s residence at Cheruvanchery.