An RSS worker was hacked to death, allegedly by CPI(M) workers, at Nenmeni in the temple town this afternoon, police said.
The victim, Anandan (23), was riding a motorcycle when he was allegedly attacked by the CPI(M) workers in a car. Though he was rushed to hospital, his life could not be saved, police said.
Anandan, hailing from Brahmakulam, was an accused in a case relating to the murder of a CPI(M) worker in 2013.
BJP President Amit Shah took to Twitter to condemn the incident, asking Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan to explain what his government is doing to curb such killings.
BJP has alleged that as many as 120 BJP workers, with 84 in Kannur alone, have been killed in Kerala since 2001. It has claimed that 14 of these killings have taken place since Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan took the reins of the government last year.
The CPI(M) has, in turn, accused BJP and RSS of resorting to violence and denied the involvement of its government and leadership in political killings.
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