Take action on killings, Rajnath tells Kerala CM
Home minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday took a tough stand against political killings in Kerala asking the Oommen Chandy government to take strict action to stop such incidents.
Voicing concern over killing of a RSS activist in Kannur, home minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday called up Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy asking him to take strict action to stop political killings in the state.
Mr Singh’s intervention in the matter followed the murder of E. Manoj and recent violence in the state which has led to the killings of political and social activists in Kerala.
“The home minister has expressed concern over the murder of social activist Manoj and asked the Kerala chief minister to take strict action to stop such political killings,” a home ministry official said.
The chief minister conveyed to the home minister that a team of high level officials have rushed to the spot to probe into the incident.
Mr Chandy also assured Mr Singh that he would convene an all- party meet to discuss the issue of political killings in Kerala.
Manoj was killed when an unidentified gang attacked him in politically- volatile Kannur district on Monday.
The RSS activist was allegedly waylaid on a road by the gang which threw a country- made bomb at him and reportedly hacked him to death before fleeing from the area, police said.