An Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) worker was hacked to death by a group of masked assailants near Peravur in Kannur on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Shyam Prasad,24, a student of the Peravur Government ITI. A native of nearby Kannavam, he was hacked to death at Kommeri under the Peravur police station limits around 5.30 p.m., the police said.
The BJP has called for a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district in protest against the murder. The party said that vehicles were exempted from the hartal.
Attempt to flee
The police said the youth was riding a two-wheeler when three assailants attacked him on the road near the Kommeri Goat Farm. The youth fled the spot entered the compound of a nearby house. The assailants chased him to the verandah of the house and hacked him, the police said. He died while being taken to a hospital at Thalassery.
The police said the area had not witnessed any political tension recently.