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Kerala: Country bomb hurled at CPI-M worker's house in Kannur, gunman injured

Earlier this week, the Congress moved an adjournment motion in the state Assembly to discuss rising political violence in Kannur district.

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A country bomb was hurled at the residence of a CPI(M) worker at Cheruvancherry in Kannur district, injuring his gunman, police said on Saturday. The incident took place at around 12.30 pm on Friday, they said.

The area near Koothparambu is a BJP stronghold. The activist, Ashokan, a block panchayat president, had quit BJP before the local body polls in November last year.

Police said as there were threats to him, he had been provided security. His gunman, Renjith, was injured in the attack. Window panes of the house were also damaged.

Some persons having affiliation to BJP have been named in the FIR, police said.

Yet another BJP worker was attacked by three unidentified persons in Idiyanchira near Thrissur district in Kerala on Friday. The worker is seriously injured and is undergoing treatment. The party has alleged Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers behind the attack.

Earlier this week, the Congress moved an adjournment motion in the Kerala Assembly to discuss the rising political violence in Kannur.

The Opposition party has accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the CPI (M) rivalry behind the rising crime in the city and making Kerala as a murder center.

Declining the allegation of the Congress, CPI (M) leader and Kerala's Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that the RSS makes deliberate attempt to create law and order problems in Kannur and alleged that till now six peace talk has failed as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) kept away from it.

With ANI/PTI inputs

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