A Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) worker was hacked to death on Wednesday in Kerala's Kannur district, police said. The killing comes two days after a CPI(M) activist’s murder in the district by suspected RSS members.
BJP’s Kerala unit has called for a shutdown in the state on Thursday from 6 am to 6 pm to protest the killing of the party worker, identified as Remith.
Remith was killed in front of a petrol pump in Pinarayi village around 10 am, a police officer said.
According to sources, Remith's father was also murdered some years ago.
CPI(M) Worker Hacked to Death in Kannur
The incident comes days after the killing of Mohanan K, who was hacked to death by suspected RSS activists in the middle of the day in Kannur on Monday. Another CPM worker sustained injuries in the attack.
Mohanan, 52, was attacked by a six-member gang.
Both the murders took place in the Dharmadom assembly constituency represented by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
(With agency inputs)
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