Two Congress workers were hacked to death on Sunday night in a suspected retaliatory attack allegedly by Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers in Kasaragod district. Kripesh died on the spot and Joshi died in a hospital in Mangaluru, the Bekal police said. Last month, Kripesh and 10 others were charged with the attempted murder of CPI((M) worker Peethambaran. KSU workers of the college had complained that they were manhandled by the SFI students and CPI(M) workers. In a retaliatory attack, Congress workers had allegedly attacked Peethambaran last month.

Source: The Hindu February 17, 2019 18:22 UTC