BJP Worker Hacked To Death, Bomb Hurled At RSS Office In Kerala

Thalassery (Kerala): A 30-year-old BJP worker was stabbed to death allegedly by CPI(M) cadres in the politically sensitive Kannur district. In another incident in the district, a country-made bomb was hurled at the RSS Karyalaya at Thaliparamba on Thursday, police said, adding no one was injured in the incident.

Protesting the attack, BJP has called for a hartal in Kannur

The attack against the BJP worker, Santosh, took place when he was alone in his house at Andaloor in Dharmadam here on Wednesday. Santosh was rushed to a hospital but he died on the way, said Kannur SP KP Philip.

Santosh, the BJP booth president of Andaloor, had contested in the last local body elections. Shops have downed shutters and vehicles are off the roads in Kannur, where the 57th state School Arts festival is presently on.

Protesting the attack, BJP has called for a hartal in Kannur.

PTI