RSS involvements in communal violence

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh has been accused of instigating and participating in a number of incidents of communal violence in India since its founding.

Cases

The media and human rights organizations have incriminated the RSS and its Sangh Parivar affiliates in a majority of high-profile communal incidents targeting Hindus and Muslims. These include:

* Babri Masjid demolition: citation incomplete.

* Graham Staines murder in 1999: Protestant missionary Graham Staines was set afire and killed along with his two sons. Dara Singh, the only individual convicted, was known to have attended RSS camps. Justice DP Wadhwa, who led the judicial committee investigating the murder, absolved the RSS,

* Gujarat killings in 2002: After the burning of a railway coach in Godhra, Gujarat, allegedly by a Muslim mob, retributive violence killed as many as 2000 Muslims across the State. The RSS, along with other groups in the Sangh Parivar, is held responsible for encouraging, organizing and equipping the rioters. ".

* Nanded blasts in 2006: Explosions in the house of Laxmanrao Rajkondwar killed two and left three injured. The deceased and injured were all RSS activists. Evidence suggests that they were building bombs. ".

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