RSS worker murder 8 SDPI activists held

Alappuzha (Ker), Feb 25 (PTI) Eight workers of the Social
Democratic Party of India (SDPI) have been taken into custody
in connection with the killing of a RSS worker in the
district, police said on Thursday.
Nandu, 23, was allegedly hacked to death by the workers
of the SDPI, a political offshoot of Popular Front of India
(PFI), following a clash between two groups in Nagamkulangara
near Cherthala, on Wednesday night.
According to the police, at least six people belonging to
the SDPI and the RSS were injured in the clash between their
workers.
They have been admitted to various hospitals in Alappuzha
and Ernakulam, police said.
One of the injured workers of the RSS is said to be
serious, they said.
BJP is observing a dawn-to-dusk hartal in the district to
protest the violence against their workers.
According to reports, tension had been brewing in the
area following a march organised by the SDPI recently in
protest against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's
Kerala visit to inaugurate BJP's Vijay Yatra from Kasargod to
Thiruvananthapuram.
The area had witnessed back to back protest marches by
two groups following the SDPI programme. PTI TGB
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