The Marad massacre was the incident of religious violence leading to the killing of Hindus and Muslim at the Marad Beach of the Kozhikode district, Kerala, India. In the 2002 Marad massacre at Marad, three Hindus and two Muslims were killed in a sudden breach of peace due to scuffles between two groups that began as a trivial altercation over drinking water at the public tap. Out of 393 people arrested, 213 were from Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The attackers also threw bombs with the intention of inflicting more deaths, but the bombs did not explode.