Kerala: CPI (M) leader hacked to death in Kozhikode

The incident happened on Thursday night during a festival at Cheriyapuram Temple at Koyilandy in Kozhikode.

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)