Kerala Witnesses yet another Harthal : RSS worker hacked to death in Kannur
An RSS worker was hacked to death by a group of masked assailants near Peravur in Kannur , Kerala on Friday.
The deceased, identified as Shyamprasad (24), was a native of Kannavam in the district and the student of an Indian Technical Institute in Kakkayangad. Four men have been detained from neighbouring Wayanad district in connection with the killing.
P Sathyaprakash, BJP Kannur district president, alleged that the murder was executed by activists of the Social Democratic Party of India. A police officer told that it was a “political killing” but refused to confirm political affiliations of the arrested men.
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The incident happened at Kommeri village around 5 pm. Preliminary reports said Shyamprasad was returning home after his classes when a car in which the assailants were travelling rammed his motorbike. As residents of the area rushed in to rescue Shyamprasad, the attackers who wore masks are learnt to have brandished their weapons and threatened them.
The injured Shyamprasad tried to flee and entered a nearby house where he was hacked again, leaving him with multiple injuries on his head and neck. Reports said he died while being taken to a hospital in Koothuparamba. The BJP has called for a hartal in Kannur district on Saturday to protest the killing.
Following Shyamaprasad’s murder, the BJP in the district has called for a dawn to dusk hartal on Saturday. Vehicles will be exempted from the hartal, the BJP announced.
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