Petrol bombs hurled at MS Krishnan’s residence [ Tamil Nadu, India ]

[ Reported as seen ]

On 24 September, around 7:30 p.m., three petrol bombs were hurled at the house of an RSS member,  MS Krishnan in Madurai, Tamil Nadu. The video captured by the CCTV, shows a person holding three bottles of petrol bombs sprinting towards the house’s main gate and tossing three petrol bombs one after the other in sequence.

“Three petrol bombs were thrown and we are investigating in this regard. No one was injured and damaged in the accident,” Assistant Commissioner Shanmugam told ANI.

“I have been with RSS for the past 45 years. Around 7 pm I heard a noise outside. Petrol bombs thrown had put my car to fire. More than 20 RSS workers like me have been attacked in Tamil Nadu alone. We’ve lodged a complaint regarding it,” RSS member Krishnan told ANI.

MS Krishnan was provided police protection in 2014 in view of the threat to his life. However, the protection was withdrawn in 2021. “In 2014, police gave me protection to me due to danger to my life but the protection was withdrawn in 2021. We have lodged a complaint with the police regarding the petrol bomb hurled at my house. They assured to arrest accused by tonight,” he said.

Earlier, on Saturday, a petrol bomb was thrown at the house of an RSS leader near Tambaram, Chennai in the early hours of Saturday. No casualties were reported in the incident.

On Friday, petrol bombs were hurled at the BJP office in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu and a similar incident were reported in Mattanur, Kerala where two people hurled petrol bombs at the RSS office.