Lagatar24 Desk
Alappuzha, Dec 19: Two murders of senior political functionaries from SDPI and BJP have roacked Kerala’s Alappuzha.
Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) state secretary K S Shan (38) was allegedly attacked and murdered on Saturday night. This was followed by a separate incident in which BJP’s OBC Morcha state secretary Renjith Sreenivasan (40) was murdered by a group of people in his own house early on Sunday morning in Alappuzha.
With the situation remaining volatile, prohibitory orders under CrPC section 144 is imposed in the entire Alappuzha district for two days — Sunday and Monday, district officials said.
According to the police, the SDPI leader was on his way home when a car rammed into his bike and he fell down. He was rushed to Alappuzha Medical College and later shifted to Ernakulam Medical Trust Hospital, where he succumbed to injuries at 11.30 pm. Within 12 hours after Shaan’s murder, BJP’s OBC Morcha state secretary Renjith Sreenivasan was killed at his house by unidentified people on Sunday morning.
Further investigation is underway.
Meanwhile, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan condemned the two murders, informed the Chief Ministers Office on Sunday.
Earlier on November 15, an RSS worker S Sanjith was hacked to death allegedly by the workers of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI).
