Senior leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] and its former Wayanad district secretary P.A. Muhammed passed away on Friday. He was 84 and had been ailing for some time. The end came at 11.30 a.m. at a private hospital where he was admitted on Wednesday evening after his condition worsened.
The body was taken to the CPI(M) district committee office. The funeral was held at the Juma Masjid Kabarstan at Kappumkolly near Meppadi. Hundreds paid their last respects to the departed leader.
