A 27-year-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker was hacked to death in front of his aged parents at Papinesseri in Kannur district, police said.
Sujith, who suffered serious injuries in the attack, succumbed to injuries before reaching hospital last night. His parents who had tried to prevent the assailants from attacking their son were injured in the attack. The incident occurred at around 11.30 p.m. A group of assailants with weapons stormed into the house at Aroli near Pappinissery under the Valapattanam police station. Having received multiple stab injuries in the attack, Sujith was rushed to hospital. He was brought dead at the hospital.
The Bharatiya Janata Party district leadership have claimed that the attack was carried out by CPI(M) workers.
The official Twitter handle of the state BJP unit, tweeted “BJP Karyakarta Sujith hacked to death by CPM at his home in Kannur district. Parents critically injured” along with a photo of Sujith’s heavily wounded body.
Police have intensified law and order measures in the area in view of the tension following the murder.
Police said some CPI(M) sympathisers have been taken into custody for questioning. BJP has called for a ‘hartal’ in Kannur, Pappinessery and Azhikode areas to protest against the killing.
Sujith was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
In December 2013, a BJP worker hacked to death and two others were injured seriously in clashes with CPI(M) workers at Perumba near Payyanur town in Kannur district. The victim, Vinod Kumar, was also a local instructor of the RSS.
