BJP worker hacked to death in Kerala

Kannur (Kerala): A 25-year-old BJP worker was hacked to death at Pinarayi in the south Indian state of Kerala on Wednesday, an incident which comes two days after the murder of the CPI-M activist in the district. The deceased has been identified as Prenith, police said, adding, the incident occurred at around 10.30am (local time) near a petrol pump at Pinarayi.
Pinarayi is the home town of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Waynad Superintendent of Police, K. Karthick, who also has charge of Kannur, said he was rushing to the spot to take stock of the situation.
Kannur has witnessed a series of attacks on political workers in the recent past.
A Communist Party of India-Marxist activist and toddy shop worker, Mohanan (40) was murdered by a six-member gang at Pathiriyad in the district two days back, with CPI(M) pointing fingers at the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) for the attack.
Meanwhile, blaming "political goondas" of the CPI(M) for the murder of a 25-year-old BJP worker in Kerala Wednesday, the saffron outfit demanded a CBI probe into the killing, saying it has no faith in the state police and the Left government.
BJP spokesperson G. V. L. Narasimha Rao said the Left parties are "unnerved" following the "successful" conclave of the BJP's National Council in the state recently and the incidents of violence against the saffron workers have been on the rise since they came to power as they see BJP as a major force.
"He has been hacked to death by political goondas of the Left. A systematic witch hunt has been started by them against our workers. The CPI(M) has unleashed political terrorism against us. Is this the democracy it believes it?" he said at a press conference. "We demand that the case be handed over to the CBI," Rao said.