An IUML employee was hacked to demise allegedly by CPI(M) staff in Kerala’s Kannur district in reference to the post-poll violence late Tuesday evening.
Police recognized the sufferer as Paral Manzoor, 21, a local of Panoor close to Koothuparamba within the district. His brother Muhasin, 27, was critically injured within the assault.
A CPI(M) employee was taken into custody in reference to the incident.
According to the police, a gang hacked the brothers after storming into their home round 8 pm, an hour after polling was over. Both have been rushed to an area hospital in Thalassery, however Manzoor succumbed to accidents round midnight.
Police mentioned pressure had prevailed between CPI (M) and IUML staff at Pullookkara close to Panoor since Monday evening. On the polling day additionally, there had been altercations between staff of each events. After polling was over, a gang allegedly belonging to CPI(M), hurled bombs on the home of the brothers and hacked the duo.
Congress-led UDF referred to as for a hartal on Wednesday within the Koothuparamba constituency. Opposition chief Ramesh Chennithala mentioned the CPI(M) was unleashing violence anticipating setbacks within the elections.
Kerala recorded an honest voter turnout of 74.02 per cent as of 8:15 pm within the Assembly elections Tuesday regardless of Covid-19 restrictions at polling cubicles. The ultimate figures from the Election Commission could be launched after making an allowance for the votes solid by Covid-19 sufferers and people in quarantine within the final hour of voting.