He was the victim of RSS communal insanity. Com KR Thomas was the district committee member and chairman of the SFI Trichur Government college unit, Kerala. Thomas also found time to organize peasants and gave effective leadership to the peasants and common people. He played crucial role in enlightening them ideologically, He was attacked on 3rd November 1981 while on the way to his home along with Comrade Lohithakshan. The RSS "goondas" attacked him with lethal weapons and he succumbed to death at the hospital on the same day.
K R Thomas
