Pathanamthitta/Palakkad/Kozhikode (Kerala): Several Congress offices and memorials across Kerala were vandalised over the recent murder of two activists of the youth wing of the CPI(M).
While the Congress headquarters building at Thiruvalla Niranam was damaged, the Congress Niranam constituency committee office near Ilanjikal junction was also vandalised around midnight on Tuesday.
There are also complaints that the memorials and flagpoles erected by the Congress party in various parts of the panchayat were extensively destroyed.
KPCC executive committee member Satheesh Kochu Parampil alleged that CPI(M) was behind the attacks. Meanwhile, the Pulikkeezhu police registered a case following a complaint lodged by the Congress constituency committee.
In Palakkad, former Puducherry block congress committee vice president M Abdul Rahman's house was attacked. There were also complaints that CPI(M) activists entered the house of Shaji, a Youth Congress activist in Puthussery and threatened him. The Puducherry Constituency Congress Committee protested against the attack.
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Meanwhile, at around 2 am today, the Nadapuram Thuneri Congress office and the Janata Dal office in Iringannur were also attacked. It is alleged that the attack was carried out by a group that came on motorbikes. Soda bottles were thrown at both offices.
The front window panes and windows were smashed. The party worker who was sleeping inside the Janata Dal office, informed the police about the incident.
Earlier on Sunday, Mithilaj (30) and Haq Muhammed (24) were attacked with sharp edged weapons at Venjaramoodu at around 11.30 pm. While Mithilaj died on the spot, the other man succumbed while being taken to a hospital.
Police said they suspected rivalry between the CPI(M) and the Congress workers was the reason for the killings that triggered tension in the area on Onam day.
The CPI(M) and DYFI alleged that Congress workers were behind the killing of DYFI activists, but the opposition party denied any role in it saying the party "does not believe in violence".
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