Overview
- Anandu Aji, 26, was found dead on Oct. 9 in a Thampanoor lodge, and an FIR under unnatural death was registered by Thampanoor police.
- An Instagram post attributed to him alleged years of sexual and physical abuse linked to RSS activities, named an individual as 'NM', and said other children were affected.
- Authorities describe the investigation as preliminary, with a postmortem conducted and checks extending to his native Kottayam district; no separate abetment case has been filed.
- DYFI, CPI(M) and Congress have sought a full criminal investigation, with Congress questioning why the RSS is not named in the FIR and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra urging an independent probe.
- RSS-aligned sources highlighted the deceased’s documented mental-health history and called for technical verification of the scheduled Instagram post, including authorship and edit logs.