2 KERALA YOUTH CONG WORKERS HACKED TO DEATH

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Two Youth Congress workers were stabbed to death allegedly by a group of CPI(M) workers in north Kerala’s Kasargode district on Sunday night, police said. The slain workers were identified as Kripesh (21) and Sharth Lal (26). The Congress has called a district shutdown on Monday but the ruling CPI(M) denied any role in the twin murders saying some personal enmity between two groups led to the killings. But the Congress reiterated that it was cold- blooded political murders.