Author: Our Staff Reporter
Publication: The Hindu
Date: April 15, 2002
A BJP worker was hacked to death
while another person injured at Irattapuzha near Chavakkad in the district
early this morning.
Police identified the deceased as
Prasad (23) of Padakkoottu house at Irattapuzha and the injured as Veeramanikantan
(21), Alinjan house at Irattapuzha. Veeramanikantan has been admitted to
the Medical College hospital here.
Prasad is a BJP worker.The duo reportedly
had picked up a quarrel with CPI(M) workers last night.
The police have arrested three CPI(M)
workers in connection with the incident.
The BJP has called for a hartal
in Chavakkad municipality and adjoining seven panchayats from 8 a.m. to
2 p.m. tomorrow. Guruvayur municipality under which the Guruvayur Sree
Krishna Temple falls, has been excluded from the hartal.