Kerala: BJP, RSS office set on fire hours after bomb attack on CPI (M) workers in Kannur

Hours after the CPI(M) workers were injured in a bomb attack in Kerala's Kannur district, the BJP committee office and RSS Karyalaya was set on fire.

At least nine CPI (M) workers were injured in a bomb attack in Kakkampara near Ramanthali in Kannur.

The CPI-M workers have alleged that BJP activists hurled three country bombs at a motorcycle rally taken out by them at Payannur in the evening on the first death anniversary of CPI-M worker Dhanraj who was killed allegedly by RSS activists on July 11 last year.

Whereas the BJP workers alleged that the CPI-M was behind the attack on the party office.

Only a forensic examination will reveal if the office was set on fire or a petrol bomb was hurled. It has suffered some damage, said police.

The party called for a strike in Payyanur.

Some persons have been taken into custody in connection with the incidents. The situation is under control, they said.

(With agency inputs)