Thiruvananthapuram sources have reported that RSS worker was hacked to death tonight, allegedly by a gang led by a history sheeted near Thiruvananthapuram. The police said 34 year old Rajesh's left hand was chopped off in the attack around at 9 pm. Meanwhile the Police said an investigation has been launched and the search is on for the assailants.
Meanwhile the BJP state president Kumanam Rajasekharan alleged that the CPI-M was behind the attack, a charge denied by the district leadership of the left party and further the BJP has called for a state wide hartal today.
Police are maintaining a strict vigil and clamped prohibitory orders for
three days from yesterday after BJP's Kerala unit office in Thiruvananthapuram
was vandalized and the house of CPI-M state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan's
son Bineesh Kodiyeri was attacked. Previously 10 people, including four from
the student and youth wings of CPI-M, had been arrested in connection with the
violence in the city.
