RSS activist Sreenivasan, 45, was hacked to death by three men while three others kept watch. The police claims to have identified all suspects.

Sreenivasan's body had ten deep wounds, including three cuts on his head, the inquest report states. Besides, there were multiple wounds on his hands and legs.

The post-mortem will be performed on Sunday morning and the cremation is to take place later on the day.

An eye witness, Vasudevan said that Sreenivasan was hacked using swords by the assailants who arrived on bikes.

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The attack was caught on CCTV across the road.

Less than 24 hours before the murder of Sreenivasan, an SDPI functionary, Subair, 43, had been hacked to death at Elappully in the district.

Subair had been returning home with his father after offering prayers at a mosque on Friday afternoon.

 

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BJP leaders blame Kerala police
Union Minister V Muraleedharan has blamed the state police for failing to prevent political murders in Kerala.

"It is a matter of concern that the home ministry that is handled by the chief minister himself is so inefficient," said Muraleedharan in a press release.

State BJP chief K Surendran has accused the state government of facilitating terrorists.

"The police let Alappuzha (twin political murders earlier this year) repeat in Palakkad," he said.

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On Friday, after the murder, PK Usman, state general secretary of SDPI alleged that the RSS was turning Kerala into a battlefield.

"The police must conduct a proper probe to find the culprits," he said in a Facebook post.

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