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Kerala elections: Congress office vandalised in Kannur; party alleges CPI(M) role amid tensions after poll-day stabbing

Kerala elections: Congress office vandalised in Kannur; party alleges CPI(M) role amid tensions after poll-day stabbing

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The Congress constituency committee office at Mayyil in Kannur that was vandalised in the early hours of Friday | Photo Credit: S.K. Mohan The Congress constituency committee office at Mayyil in Kannur, Kerala, was allegedly vandalised in the early hours of Friday, with the party alleging involvement of CPI(M) workers amid heightened political tensions following a poll-day stabbing incident. The office in Mayyil town was found damaged with its front window panes smashed and the door broken open. Furniture, including chairs and cupboards, as well as photographs of party leaders, were destroyed by the assailants who allegedly forced entry and ransacked the premises. Published – April 10, 2026 10:30 am IST Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

For hacking to death BJP worker in 2005, eight CPI(M) men get life term, including brother of Pinarayi’s press secretary | India News

For hacking to death BJP worker in 2005, eight CPI(M) men get life term, including brother of Pinarayi’s press secretary | India News

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A district sessions court in Kannur Monday sentenced eight CPI(M) workers, including the brother of Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s press secretary, to life imprisonment in connection with the 2005 murder of a BJP worker in Kannur. Another CPI(M) worker was awarded three-year rigorous imprisonment in the case. The court had on Friday found nine persons guilty in the murder of Elambilayi Sooraj, 32, who was hacked to death by the accused on August 7, 2005, at Muzhappilangad village in Kannur. The accused who were awarded life imprisonment include T K Rajeesh, who is already undergoing life imprisonment in the 2012 murder of rebel Marxist leader T P Chandrasekharan, and P M Manoraj, the brother of P M Manoj, Vijayan’s press secretary. Story continues below this ad Other prominent figures who have been convicted are Prabhakaran Master, a former local secretary of the CPI(M) and former president of Edakkad panchayat, and two CPI(M) local committee members, K V Padmanabhan and Manombeth Radhakrishnan. According to the prosecution, the CPI(M) had developed a grudge towards Sooraj after …