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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Staff Reporter

RSS activist dies at hospital in Kannur; BJP blames CPI(M) workers

A 32-year-old Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activist who had accompanied his brother to a private hospital died after he felt unwell and did not respond to the treatment, on Monday early morning. The BJP alleged that he died following the injuries caused during the clash that took place between the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI-M] - Bharatiya Janatha Party [BJP] clash at Pinarayi Panunda on Sunday evening.

According to police the deceased Gimnesh, a resident of Pinarayi Panunda Chakyatmukh had reached the hospital along with his brother Jishnu, a BJP worker, who was injured in the clash between CPI(M) and BJP workers.

The tension begin in the area after an eight-member group of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh activists allegedly destroyed the board, banners and flagpoles prepared for a Balasangham Pinarayi area conference organised at the Panunda Basic U.P school.

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