An RSS worker was attacked on Tuesday, allegedly by CPI(M) men. He was pulled out from his autorickshaw carrying school students in Kannur district.
The incident occurred when the children were being taken to their school near Pannur in Thalassery, police said.
The 29-year-old autorickshaw driver, AV Biju, was pulled out from the vehicle and attacked by a six-member gang suspected to be CPI(M) workers, as the petrified students watched.
Police said that Biju was rushed to a local hospital and later taken to the Kozhikode Medical College hospital.
Last month, a 27-year-old RSS worker was hacked to death in front of his aged parents in Papinesseri in the district, allegedly by CPI(M) workers.
Around the same time, country bombs had been hurled at an RSS Seva Kendra and at the house of a BJP worker in Thalassery in the district. Fortunately, no one was injured.
The two incidents come after a political calm in Kannur, which frequently witnesses violent clashes between the CPI(M) and the BJP.
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