Ex-RSS leader Kundan Chandrawat who announced Rs 1 cr bounty on Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan's head arrested

Bhopal: A former RSS leader Kundan Chandrawat who had announced Rs 1 crore bounty on Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, had been arrested on Tuesday.

According to NDTV, Chandrawat had been arrested in Ujjain.

The RSS had earlier removed Chandrawat from all organisational posts after he announced a reward of Rs 1 crore for beheading Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan.

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)’s Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh MM Vaidya announced the decision on the outfit’s official Twitter handle, two days after the controversial offer was made, triggering outrage.

Kundan who made controversial statement at Ujjain protest mtg has been relieved of his responsibility in RSS: Dr MM Vaidya pic.twitter.com/4t1emJH5PT

— RSS (@RSSorg) March 3, 2017

In an accompanying letter, issued by the right-wing organisation’s Indore Prant Prachar Pramukh Praveen Kabra said the action was taken as Chandrawat’s statement at a dharna of Janadhikar Samiti in Ujjain created “confusion about the organisation.”

Chandrawat later expressed regret over the statement saying it was the outburst of his anger over the killing of innocent people in Kerala.

“I express my regret but I still stand by my statement. It was to wake up politicians and Kerala government from slumber and sensitise them to the killings of innocent people in the state,” he had said.