Kasaragod: Suresh Gopi MP on Sunday visited the houses of two Youth Congress workers - Sharathlal and Kripesh - who were brutally hacked to death allegedly by CPM men on February 17.

After paying homage to the victims, the actor-turned-politician on Sunday interacted with their kin. Suresh Gopi assured them that IG S Sreejith, who was heading the Crime Branch investigation, was trustworthy. However, he raised suspicion over how he would be used by the higher-ups.

The BJP MP's visit comes a day after local CPM leaders faced the ire of the people when they arrived at Kalliyode area on Saturday. An enraged crowd, which included some angry women, stonewalled the leaders – P Karunakaran, MP, K Kunjiraman, MLA, and former MLA K V Kunjiraman. Some of the protesters tried to manhandle the MP and showered abuses on the leaders.

The murders have shaken the CPM in many areas in the district even as a Lok Sabha election looms.

Though Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wanted to visit the houses of the murder victims on Friday, he had to back off after the Congress leaders said they could not predict how the workers would react to his presence.