Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): An RSS activist allegedly died by suicide here on Saturday, claiming that he was denied a BJP ticket for the upcoming local body elections, police said.

The deceased, Anand K Thampi of Thrikkannapuram, was found hanging in a shed on his residential premises in the evening.

According to police, Thampi had hoped to contest as the BJP candidate from the Thrikkannapuram ward of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation.

He became upset after discovering that his name was not included on the BJP's Thiruvananthapuram candidate list, they said.

However, local BJP leaders claimed that he never approached them seeking a ticket, and his death should not be linked to the denial of a ticket.

After he could not find his name in the BJP's candidate list, he announced on social m

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