A BJP activist was hacked to death allegedly by CPI(M) workers at Kezhoor in Irritty town in the district casuing tension in the area. Uthaman, prime accused in the case relating to the murder of a CPI(M) worker last year, was killed on Wednesday night after he was dragged out of a private bus, police said.
The miscreants also hurled some country bombs to scare away the passengers alighting from the bus, they said adding two persons received minor injuries when the bombs exploded.

Meanwhile, a dawn-to-dusk hartal, called by the BJP to protest the killing, was being observed on Thursday in Chavassery, Uiyil and Irritty areas. Bureau Report