

{"id":70277,"date":"2020-07-02T15:50:29","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T10:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=70277"},"modified":"2020-07-02T15:50:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T10:20:29","slug":"murder-of-rss-worker-by-alleged-bjp-member-in-tamil-nadu-shared-with-false-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/murder-of-rss-worker-by-alleged-bjp-member-in-tamil-nadu-shared-with-false-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder of RSS worker by alleged BJP member in Tamil Nadu shared with false claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indu Makkal Katchi, a Tamil Nadu-based right-wing political party, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Indumakalktchi\/status\/1278033641604395008\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> a picture (disturbing imagery, viewer discretion is advised) of a brutally injured man lying dead. As per their claim, a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was killed by &#8220;extremists&#8221; in<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> Kumbakonam municipality in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. This tweet has been retweeted over 3,000 times (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/Lhh19\">archived link<\/a>).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-70300 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_225711_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"457\" height=\"570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_225711_1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_225711_1-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_225711_1-820x1024.jpg 820w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_225711_1-768x959.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_225711_1-1230x1536.jpg 1230w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_225711_1-990x1236.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_225711_1-1320x1648.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Similarly, several <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Swayam%20Sevak%27s%20father%20murdered%20by%20extremists&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a> and Facebook users shared the image along with same text, &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Swayam<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Sevak&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">father<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">murdered<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">by<\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">extremist<\/span> In Kumbakonam&#8221;.<\/span> Some <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=muslim%20https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FIndumakalktchi%2Fstatus%2F1278033641604395008&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=live\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">users<\/a> have added a communal angle to the claim (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/YokLk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>). Twitter user <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">@AnitaShivyogi tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah and wrote, &#8220;<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">This is unacceptable! Naxals and Jihadis are carrying out these murders of <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@RSSorg <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">members and Hindu Sadhus. Are police and judiciary incapable of dealing with this one-sided violence? We haven&#8217;t forgotten the Palghar lynchings yet&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/9jGGr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>). <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/palghar-lynching-incident-falsely-communalised-on-social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">[Also read: Palghar lynching incident falsely communalised on social media]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-70288 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-01-at-19.20.59.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"523\" height=\"433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-01-at-19.20.59.png 598w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot-2020-07-01-at-19.20.59-300x248.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 523px) 100vw, 523px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another user @singhakh who identifies as a swayamsevak also claimed that the RSS worker was killed at the entrance of the Kumbakonam Perumal temple because he opposed the temple&#8217;s takeover and illegal sand mining.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-70338 \" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/cece2ab7-2bca-487b-9a6c-a4ee1bb0d5e4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/cece2ab7-2bca-487b-9a6c-a4ee1bb0d5e4.jpg 803w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/cece2ab7-2bca-487b-9a6c-a4ee1bb0d5e4-278x300.jpg 278w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/cece2ab7-2bca-487b-9a6c-a4ee1bb0d5e4-768x827.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Bharatiya Hindu Parivar Tamil Nadu went a step further and claimed that the man in the viral image was assassinated by the terrorists during a pro-CAA protest at Nachiyar Temple in Kumbakonam. As per this post, the man in the viral image is 65-year old Gopalakrishnan (<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.is\/PWl44\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">archived link<\/a>).<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-70299 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_224708_1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"458\" height=\"917\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_224708_1-scaled.jpg 1279w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_224708_1-150x300.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_224708_1-512x1024.jpg 512w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_224708_1-768x1537.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_224708_1-767x1536.jpg 767w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_224708_1-1023x2048.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_224708_1-990x1981.jpg 990w, https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200701_224708_1-1320x2642.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 458px) 100vw, 458px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-156q2ks\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-9x6qib r-t23y2h r-rs99b7 r-1loqt21 r-dap0kf r-1ny4l3l r-1udh08x r-o7ynqc r-6416eg\" role=\"blockquote\" data-focusable=\"true\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1habvwh r-6koalj r-18u37iz r-1wbh5a2 r-vlx1xi r-156q2ks\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1wbh5a2 r-1udh08x\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1habvwh r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs r-1ny4l3l\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1awozwy r-18u37iz r-1wbh5a2 r-dnmrzs r-1ny4l3l\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-1awozwy r-18u37iz r-dnmrzs\">\n<div class=\"css-1dbjc4n r-sdzlij r-1q142lx r-z80fyv r-7o8qx1 r-1ny4l3l r-1udh08x r-19wmn03\" role=\"presentation\">\n<h4 class=\"css-901oao css-bfa6kz r-hkyrab r-1qd0xha r-a023e6 r-vw2c0b r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-3s2u2q r-qvutc0\">False communal angle<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Alt News performed a keyword search on Twitter and found a Tamil news report by <a href=\"https:\/\/tamil.oneindia.com\/news\/thanjavur\/kumbakonam-mattam-incharge-murder-by-bjp-cadre-390012.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One India<\/a> which said that RSS member Gopalan (65) was murdered over a property dispute. The accused is BJP member Saravanan. The same was reported by Tamil Nadu-based newspaper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dinamalar.com\/news_detail.asp?id=2568466\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dinamalar<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"ta\">65 \u0bb5\u0baf\u0ba4\u0bc1 \u0b86\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0b8e\u0bb8\u0bcd\u0b8e\u0bb8\u0bcd \u0baa\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bc1\u0b95\u0bb0\u0bc8.. \u0b95\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b9a\u0bb0\u0bae\u0bbe\u0bb0\u0bbf\u0baf\u0bbe\u0b95 \u0b95\u0bc1\u0ba4\u0bcd\u0ba4\u0bbf \u0b95\u0bca\u0ba9\u0bcd\u0bb1.. \u0baa\u0bbe\u0b9c\u0b95 \u0ba8\u0bbf\u0bb0\u0bcd\u0bb5\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bbf.. \u0bb7\u0bbe\u0b95\u0bcd\u0b95\u0bbf\u0bb2\u0bcd \u0b95\u0bc1\u0bae\u0bcd\u0baa\u0b95\u0bcb\u0ba3\u0bae\u0bcd! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hKjSgPmxvG\">https:\/\/t.co\/hKjSgPmxvG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/bjp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#bjp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/murder?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#murder<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/kumbakonam?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#kumbakonam<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/oldman?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#oldman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Oneindia Tamil (@thatsTamil) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thatsTamil\/status\/1278287353400815618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 1, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>We spoke with Kumbakonam Town DSP. He said, &#8220;The murder happened due to property dispute. There is no communal angle. Both accused and the victim hail from the Hindu community. The accused was arrested on July 1.&#8221; The accused has been booked under multiple sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including 302 (Punishment for murder). The DSP also informed, &#8220;Sarvanan worked as a tailor and was affiliated with the BJP.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Alt News was able to access a copy of the FIR which states that Gopalan was stabbed by Saravanan on June 30 at 9.20 pm because of a property dispute.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the murder of an RSS worker over a properly dispute was communalised on social media. The accused is a BJP member from the same community yet the incident has sparked an anti-Muslim wave. Furthermore, opponents of the Citizenship Act are also being falsely blamed for the murder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indu Makkal Katchi, a Tamil Nadu-based right-wing political party, tweeted a picture (disturbing imagery, viewer discretion is advised) of a brutally injured man lying dead. As per their claim, a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was killed by &#8220;extremists&#8221; in Kumbakonam municipality in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu. This tweet has been retweeted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":70305,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,55],"tags":[],"an_content_type":[],"coauthors":[682],"class_list":["post-70277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-religion","fact_checks_claim_type-viral-photos"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Murder of RSS worker by alleged BJP member in Tamil Nadu shared with false claims - Alt News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Murder of RSS worker by alleged BJP member in Tamil Nadu shared with false claims - Alt News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Indu Makkal Katchi, a Tamil Nadu-based right-wing political party, tweeted a picture (disturbing imagery, viewer discretion is advised) of a brutally injured man lying dead. 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