An RSS worker was hacked to death, allegedly by CPI(M) workers at Nenmeni in Thrissur on Sunday afternoon, police said.
The victim, Anandan,(23), was riding a motorcycle when he was attacked by the CPI(M) workers in a car. Though he was rushed to hospital, his life could not be saved, police said.
Anandan, hailing from Brahmakulam, was an accused in a case relating to the murder of a CPI(M) worker in 2013.
This is not the first case of violence against the workers of the right-wing group in the state. Earlier, many similar incidents of assault have been reported from Kerala.
The BJP has been accusing the Left government in the state of killing the political leaders.
The party alleged that as many as 120 BJP workers, 84 in Kannur alone, have been killed in Kerala since 2001. It has claimed that 14 of these killings have taken place since Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan took over the reins of the government last year.
The CPI(M) has in turn, accused BJP and RSS of resorting to violence and denied the involvement of its government and leadership in political killings.
What is Kerala CM doing to curb criminal elements in CPI(M), asks Amit Shah
BJP president Amit Shah lashed out at the Kerala CM after the murder of the RSS activist, and asked
what his government was doing to "curb criminal elements" in the CPI(M).
"The continuous violence by CPM workers and the protection to such political killings is now before the nation. CM Pinarayi must explain what his govt is doing to curb criminal elements in his rank(sic)," Shah tweeted.
Shah had undertaken a 15-day janaraksha yatra in Kerala last month to target the CPI(M) government over a "killing spree" against BJP and RSS workers.
