Three CPI(M) workers attacked in Kerala

After a brief lull, violence erupted in politically volatile Kannur district today with three CPI(M) workers being hacked allegedly by BJP cadres today, police said.

The incident took place around noon at nearby Mattanoor when the CPI(M) men travelling in a car were waylaid and attacked, they said.

The injured have been admitted to a private hospital here and the condition of one of them is said to be serious.

In May this year, a CPI(M) cadre and a BJP worker were killed in separate incidents within hours near here.

While the left party leader was fatally hacked at Palloor in nearby Mahe, an enclave of union territory of Puducherry, in an apparent retaliatory attack a BJP worker was killed within hours at New Mahe.

The two killings had shattered the four-month long lull in political violence involving workers of ruling CPI(M), BJP and RSS workers in the Kannur region.

In January this year, the LDF government initiated several rounds of peace talks with leaders of various political parties, including the CPI(M), BJP and the Congress resulting in the fragile peace in the area.