Congress worker killed in Kannur

kannur Youth found Congress murdered (Kerala) worker late — Thirty-year-old Monday Shoaib night was by CPM workers, the party said. The Left party’s leadership here has denied any role in it. The Congress party called for a dawn-to-dusk shut down in protest of the murder in the district, but allowed vehicles to ply. According to the party, Shoaib along with a few others was waiting in front of a night eatery near Mattanoor, near here, on Monday, when four persons came in a car and threw bombs to create a scare. They then slashed him with a sword. The incident occurred around 10.45 p.m. Shoaib was badly injured, while two other sustained minor injuries. Shoaib was first taken to a nearby hospital and he later passed away at the Kozhikode Medical college hospital. According to the Congress party, Shoaib was engaged in a tiff in January with the CPM unit in the town over student politics.

“Not long back, a club of the Congress party came under heavy attack, after the CPM leadership was upset when the children of the party leaders took part in a meeting.

“They unleashed an attack and Shoaib, was at the forefront to stop this. Since then the CPM had announced publicly that his days are numbered,” said Kannur district Congress party chief Sateeshan Pacheni. Pacheni said there has been an uneasy calm in and around Edayanoor near Mattanoor for a while. CPM Kannur district secretary P.Jayarajan, who is in the state capital attending the party’s state committee meeting told the media that there has been no issue between the CPM and the Congress party. that Jayarajan he has been said told by the Mattanoor CPM leaders that they have no role in Shoaib’s killing. “We will look into what has happened and if any of our party members are involved, then appropriate action will be taken. “But what we are told is that our party has no role in it,” said Jayarajan. This was the 21st political murder that has taken place in Kannur after Pinarayi Vijayan assumed office in 2016. —

They unleashed an attack and shoaib was at the forefront to stop this. since then the CPM had announced publicly that his days are numbered Sateeshan Pacheni, Kannur district Congress party chief