Prominent RSS leader PEB Menon dies at 86      

PEB Menon, former Kerala Pranth Sanghchalak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), died at a private hospital here on Thursday. He was 86.

Menon had been under treatment for health complications and breathed his last around 1.30 pm, RSS sources said.

His body will be taken to his residence in Aluva and public viewing is scheduled at the Town Hall there on Friday from 10 am to 1 pm, followed by cremation at the Thanthra Vidyapeetham around 3 pm.

RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat condoled the demise.

He is survived by wife and two children. A chartered accountant by profession, his association with RSS leader P Madhavji drew him into temple protection initiatives and later into the RSS.

Rising through the organisation, he became Kerala Pranth Sanghchalak in 2003, a post he held for nearly two decades.

He had earlier served as Aluva district chief, Ernakulam divisional chief, and Sah-Pranth Sanghchalak in 1999.