Shyamaprasad was rushed to a near-by hospital but his life could not be saved. (ANI/Twitter)

KANNUR: An RSS worker was allegedly hacked to death at Kommeri under the Peravoor police limits in Kannur district on Friday.

According to the police, the deceased has been identified as Shyamaprasad, who was an ABVP member and the chief trainer of the 'Sangh Shakha' at 17th Mile in Kannavam.

Police said Shyamaprasad was coming back from Kakkayangad ITI, where he was a student, when a group of assailants waylaid him and stacked him around 5pm.

Shyamaprasad was rushed to a near-by hospital but his life could not be saved.

Police said there was a clash between the SDPI and the RSS a few days ago that left an SDPI member injured. However, it is not clear if this was the immediate provocation for the murder, they added.

Moreover, Shyamaprasad was also named an accused in the murder of CPM worker O Preman at Chittaripparambu near Koothuparamba two years back, they said.

