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Summary
Around 2,000 activists of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) attacked the office of Headlines Today and Aaj Tak, under the TV Today network, at the Videocon Towers in Jhandewalan area of the Capital. Incidentally, the RSSs headquarters in Delhi is located in Jhandewalan. The police said members of the saffron brigade assembled in front of the building, shouting slogans against a a story by Headlines Today that alluded to a plot by the Hindutva terror brigade to assassinate Vice President Hamid Ansari, as well as a report on a sting operation that claimed senior leaders of the RSS may have been aware of the terror strikes on Hyderabads Mecca Masjid and Ajmer Sharif dargah. The crowd pelted stones at the police and the guards posted outside the building, following which they barged into the building, pelting stones, smashing window panes and damaging a cafeteria.
