Kasaragod: Court acquits 3 RSS workers in Madrassa teacher murder case

Mangalore Today News Network

Kasaragod, Mar 30, 2024: A court here on Saturday acquitted three RSS activists in a case relating to the murder of a Madrassa teacher inside a mosque in the district in 2017.

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Kasaragod Principal Sessions court judge K K Balakrishnan acquitted the all three accused in the 2017 murder of madrasa teacher Riyas Moulavi.

The accused, identified as Ajesh, Nitin Kumar and Akhilesh, all residents of Kelugude, were affiliated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

Thirty four-year old Mohammed Riyas Maulavi, a muezzin (person who proclaims the Islamic call to prayer) and madrassa teacher from nearby Choori was found murdered in his room in the mosque on March 20, 2017. He was a native of Kodagu district of Karnataka.

His throat was allegedly slit by a gang which had entered the compound of Muhayuddin Juma masjid of Choori.

The detailed verdict of the case is yet to come out.

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