An RSS office at Payyannur in Kannur was allegedly attacked by CPI-M workers on Tuesday, July 11, 2017 The police are not sure if the office was set on fire or a petrol bomb was hurled BJP has called for a strike in Payyanur on July 12, 2017
An RSS office at Payyannur in Kannur was allegedly attacked by CPI-M workers on Tuesday, July 11, 2017. No one was inside it at the time of the incident, police said.
The police said that the office had suffered damages. However, they are not sure if the office was set on fire or a petrol bomb was hurled.
BJP workers alleged that the CPI-M was behind the attack.
BJP has called for a strike in Payyanur on July 12, 2017.
However, CPI-M workers alleged that BJP activists hurled three country bombs at a motorcycle rally taken out by them at Payannur in the evening on the first death anniversary of CPI-M worker Dhanraj who was killed allegedly by RSS activists on July 11 last year.
Four workers suffered minor injuries in the incident.
Police said a few houses of workers belonging to both parties were attacked. Some persons have been taken into custody in connection with the events. The situation is under control, they said.
