Overview

• Sasthamcotta police registered an FIR against 27 RSS workers and sympathisers after a pookkalam with an RSS-flag-like design was laid near Sree Parthasarathy Temple in Kollam.
• The case was filed under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 223, 192 and 3(5) based on a complaint from temple committee office-bearer Asokan C.
• Kerala Police clarified that the action targets prohibited political symbols and a Chhatrapati Shivaji flex near the temple, not the words “Operation Sindoor.”
• Authorities say parties had been warned to avoid party symbols under Kerala High Court orders barring political flags and decorations around the temple.
• BJP leaders, including Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Amit Malviya, condemned the FIR and demanded its withdrawal, calling it an insult to terror victims and the armed forces.