Hindutva leader RV Babu booked for Islamophobic post

Hindu Aikya Vedi president RV Babu has been booked for allegedly making defamatory and communally provocative remarks in a social media post against the Muslim community by linking them to drug trafficking and terrorism.

Hindu Aikya Vedi (Hindu United Forum) is a Hindutva organisation active in Kerala, associated with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

The case was registered by the Thrikkakara police on



Thursday, July 2, based on a complaint filed by People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Ashraf Vazhakkala.

According to police, Babu posted on social media in the wake of the Kerala government’s anti-narcotics drive, Operation Toofan.

In the post, he allegedly claimed that members of the Muslim community were involved in drug trafficking and the narcotics trade and were helping terrorist elements grow in the state.