Vismaya Kumar: 12-year-old girl posts video asking, 'Why did you kill my father?
Vismaya Kumar, from Kannur, India, communicates her message through a series of cards
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Your support makes all the difference.A 12-year-old girl has posted a powerful video asking why her father was killed.
Vismaya Kumar, from Kannur, India, communicates her message through a series of cards and is going viral on social media.
Her father, Santhosh Kumar, was killed inside his home in January.
The 52-year-old was a political activist for Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu nationalist organisation which is regarded as the ideological fountainhead of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Narendra Modi’s party.
"My father wanted to fulfil my dreams. A night swept away all my dreams," Vismaya said in the video, according to NDTV.
"His only mistake was he supported RSS and BJP. I see only darkness in my future. They murdered not just my dad but my dreams and future. I see only darkness, complete darkness. I have not yet (got the answer), why they killed my father."
Six activists have been arrested in connection with the killing.
Kannur has a history of political violence and activists from all sides of the political spectrum have been killed.
Estimates suggest more than 100 people have died in the region since 1991.
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