Three CPI(M) activists were arrested on Saturday in connection with the murder of Youth Congress local leader S P Shuhaib in Kannur. Earlier, police had arrested two persons, both CPI(M) workers allegedly involved in the killing of an RSS worker in Kannur in 2016. Kannur district police superintendent G Siva Vikram said a special team arrested the three persons from a hideout at Virajpett in Karnataka. All are CPI(M) workers and Anwar is the brother of SFI district secretary Muhammed Siraj. Senior Congress leader and former MP K Sudhakaran continued his indefinite hunger strike in Kannur demanding a CBI probe into the murder.

Source: Indian Express February 24, 2018 22:15 UTC