RSS worker stabbed to death in Thrissur

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: VADEKKETHALA ANANDAN, 28, WAS AN ACCUSED IN

THE MURDER OF CPI(M) ACTIVIST MOHAMMED KASIM

A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker was stabbed to death on Sunday by alleged activists of the ruling Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Kerala, which has been witnessing frequent political clashes of late.

Police said Vadekkethala Anandan, 28, an accused in the murder of CPI(M) activist Mohammed Kasim five months ago, was on his motorbike around 1pm when he was waylaid and attacked in Nenmini near the temple town of Guruvayur. Anandan was stabbed repeatedly. He was rushed to a private hospital where he died. Anandan was out on bail and police suspect his murder was a revenge killing.

The RSS-BJP called a shutdown on Monday in temple town Guruvayur in protest.

Police, meanwhile, said they had identified the car in which Anandan’s assailants travelled.

Security was beefed up in the area to avert further violence. Senior police officials rushed to the spot to monitor the situation.

The CPI(M) and the RSS-BJP are engaged in a violent turf war in the state. Earlier, the Red-saffron violence was confined to north Kerala’s Kannur district, but of late, it has started spilling over to other parts of the state.

In Kannur, more than 200 people belonging to both camps were killed in a three-decade-long bloodbath. In the bloody saga of gore and revenge, party leaders are evidently fast losing their grip on marauding cadre who are intoxicated with their ideology.

State BJP president Kummanam Rajasekharan had carried out a state-wide yatra recently against what his party called Red and jihadi terror. Many senior BJP leaders took part in the march.

The CPI(M) Thrissur district unit denied its role in the killing.