Officers said the State was mostly peaceful on Sunday, but certain pockets of disquiet remained. In Thalassery, BJP and CPI(M) workers targeted each other's homes in violation of a peace agreement brokered by the District Collector. They have named 20 CPI(M) workers as accused in the case registered under Section 153 (a) of the IPC. At Attappady and Pattambi in Palakkad, the police arrested seven CPI(M) workers in connection with the attacks on the house of BJP workers. The police have arraigned scores of CPI(M) workers as accused in cases relating to the attack on BJP workers, their homes and party offices.

Source: The Hindu January 06, 2019 13:41 UTC