Prominent RSS leader PEB Menon dies at 86
Menon had been under treatment for health complications and breathes his last around 1.30 pm
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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.
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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.
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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.
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