Another West Bengal rising in South? RSS leader hacked to death in Kerala’s Palakkad
Last year, in November, a 27-year-old RSS worker, Sanjith, was hacked to death in front of his wife at around 9 am when he was taking her to her place of work. Similar incidents have rocked the state, like the one in December 2021, when a BJP state leader was killed within 12 hours of the murder of an SDPI leader in Kerala.
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Nearly 5 months after the murder of Rashtriya Swayam Sevak (RSS) worker, Sanjith, a similar kind of case has now come to light from the same district of Kerala. On Saturday, five unidentified people brutally attacked another RSS worker and hacked him to death in Melamury.
The deceased was identified as Sreenivasan, a former Sharik Shikshan Pramukh of the RSS. The incident took place at around 1 pm. The vehicles in which the killers of the slain RSS leader have been identified, police sources said.
According to the local reports, on Saturday, five people came attacked him when he was working inside his shop. Sreenivasan sustained severe injuries in the attack and was rushed to a private hospital in Palakkad. However, he succumbed to his injuries.
This comes just a day after the murder of a Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) worker in Palakkad in Kerala.
Meanwhile, BJP leaders have alleged the involvement of SDPI workers behind Sreenivas'murder." It is crystal clear that SDPI is behind the attacks," said C. Krishnakumar, BJP State General Secretary.
Last year, in November, a 27-year-old RSS worker, Sanjith, was hacked to death in front of his wife at around 9 am when he was taking her to her place of work. Similar incidents have rocked the state, like the one in December 2021, when a BJP state leader was killed within 12 hours of the murder of an SDPI leader in Kerala.
With the series of attacks, Palakkad has now emerged as a new hotspot of political violence.