BJP calls for strike after RSS worker killed in Kerala

July 30, 2017 08:05

The BJP has called for a state-wide strike in Kerala today after a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh worker Rajesh Edavakode died after being attacked. Rajesh, 34, died in a private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram after the brutal attack in which his palm was chopped off. The incident happened last night around 9 pm in the state capital.

According to Inspector General of Police Manoj Abraham, "The attack was by a gang of men involving Communist Party of India-Marxist activists. However, there was a long history of enmity between one of the accused and the victim. We are also probing any angle of political motive."

The death comes just two days after a BJP state office was attacked, following which CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan's son's house was attacked - all in Thiruvananthapuram.

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