KOZHIKODE (Kerala): A local leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), PV Sathyanathan was hacked to death during a temple festival at Koyilandy in Kerala’s Kozhikode district.
The incident happened on Thursday night during a festival at the Cheriyapuram Temple.
CPI(M) district secretary P Mohanan claimed that the local leader was attacked with an axe.
A bandh has been declared in Koyilandy today in protest over the leader’s death, he said.
Further details are awaited. (ANI)