Kannur

Police said the accused, aged between 25-31, were Marxist party workers and sympathisers hailing from Andaloor, from were the victim also belonged. 

While the CPM leaders had earlier claimed that the attack on 53-year-old Santosh was a fallout of a property dispute between his relatives. However, the police said that the murder could have been carried out due to political rivalry. 

The police claim that the incident was carried out in retaliation to the attack by alleged RSS workers on some Student Federation of India students who had gone on an excursion earlier. 

Santosh was attacked inside his house and suffered 21 injuries, mostly on his hands and legs. His wife and children were away at the time of the incident on January 18 at around 11 pm. BJP had observed a hartal the next day protesting against the attack. 

The police are questioning the accused to find out if more CPM cadre were involved in the murder. The police filed a case and are conducting further investigations.

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