Kannur: Atleast four RSS workers were attacked allegedly by CPI(M) workers in Kannur district of Kerala triggering a fresh wave of political rivalry and tension between the two parties.
Sujesh (30) and Santosh (28), local RSS functionaries, were attacked by a group of around 20 alleged CPI-M cadres with sharp-edged weapons at a construction site of an house, police said.
A third RSS worker was attacked around noon at Muzukkun in Irruty while two others Arun (23) and Deepesh (26) too were attacked in the same area with iron rods.
All the four were rushed to a hospital in nearby Thalassery town in Kannur district, police added.
One of the injured Sujesh, who is stated to have received serious injuries, had been shifted to Kozhikode Medical College Hospital.
Police said there was tension in the area following the attack, the latest in sporadic incidents of political violence witnessed in the sensitive district between CPI-M and BJP-RSS workers.
Last month, two workers belonging to CPI(M) and BJP were killed and the issue echoed in the state assembly where Congress attacked the LDF government and also BJP for failure to control their cadres.
The rivalries between the ruling Left front and the BJP affiliated RSS workers has been a regular affair in the region in the past few years.
(With inputs from PTI)
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