Attacks on RSS offices across India: A timeline of 15 incidents (1989–2025)
Over the past three and a half decades, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has faced repeated attacks on its offices and shakhas across India — ranging from targeted bombings and arson to plots by global terror outfits. These incidents, spread across states like Maharashtra, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, and Tamil Nadu, reflect the scale and persistence of attempts to target the organisation’s infrastructure and members.
The following compilation, “15 Incidents: Attacks on Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) offices (1989–2025),” documents fifteen such cases — from the deadly Moga shakha attack of 1989 to the foiled ISIS-linked plot in 2025 — highlighting the timeline, details, and sources for each event.
1. 10 November 2025 — ISIS Plot to Target RSS Office, Lucknow
Location: RSS Office, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat ATS uncovered an ISIS plot to attack the RSS office in Lucknow and Delhi’s Azadpur Mandi. Three terrorists — Dr Ahmad Mohiuddin Sayed (Hyderabad), Azad Suleman Sheikh and Mohammad Suhail (Uttar Pradesh) — were arrested on 9 November 2025. ATS confirmed the group had conducted reconnaissance of the Lucknow office as........





















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