A BJP worker was hacked to death by a group of men in Kannur on Monday night.

According to reports, PV Sujith, 27, was at his home in Pappinisseri in Kannur district when around 10 men barged into his house around midnight. They thrashed Sujith, his parents and his brother. Sujith was attacked by one of the attackers with a sword injuring the BJP worker seriously.

The Bharatiya Janata Party district leadership have claimed that the attack was carried out by CPI(M) workers.

The official Twitter handle of the state BJP unit , tweeted "BJP Karyakarta Sujith hacked to death by CPM at his home in Kannur district. Parents critically injured" along with a photo of Sujith's heavily wounded body.

Police have intensified law and order measures in the area in view of the tension following the murder.



His aged parents and a brother tried to stop the assailants, who stormed into the house at around 11.30 PM last night, and suffered injuries in the process.

Police said some CPI(M) sympathisers have been taken into custody for questioning. BJP has called for a 'hartal' in Kannur, Pappinessery and Azhikode areas to protest against the killing.



Sujith was taken to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.



In December 2013, a BJP worker hacked to death and two others were injured seriously in clashes with CPI(M) workers at Perumba near Payyanur town in Kannur district. The victim, Vinod Kumar, was also a local instructor of the RSS.