The body of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader S.K. Sreenivasan, who was hacked to death by a gang at his shop at Melamuri here on Saturday, was carried to his home at Moothanthara in a procession on Sunday afternoon.
Hundreds of RSS and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers took part in the procession led by BJP leaders K. Surendran, P.K. Krishnadas, C. Krishnakumar, E. Krishnadas and K.M. Haridas.
The body was released after a post mortem at the Government General Hospital here around 12 p.m. Doctors who conducted the postmortem said the wounds on his body were very deep and critical. Sreenivasan was attacked around 1 p.m. on Saturday, and died at a private hospital within an hour.