2 Youth Congress workers hacked to death in Kasaragod, hartal on Monday
Kasargod, Feb 17: Two Youth Congress workers were allegedly hacked to death by unidentified assailants in the northern district of Kasargod late Sunday night, a senior police official said.
The incident took place at around 8 pm and the deceased were identified as Kripesh and Sarath Lal (24), the official said.
"Two youths have been killed. We have just confirmed the identity of the deceased. Further investigation is on," police said.
Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala lashed out at the ruling CPI(M) and expressed his strong protest against the double murder.
He will visit homes of the two deceased workers on Monday.
"The CPI(M) is trying to destroy the Congress party using the party goons.
The youth congress activists were attacked without any provocation. They were not involved in any kind of criminal activities. No cases were there against them. The government should identify the culprits and arrest them as soon as possible," Chennithala told media persons.
He also alleged that the murder was a conspiracy hatched by the CPI(M) as the Lok Sabha elections are near.
However, CPI(M) district secretary M V Balakrishnan Master categorically denied any role of his party in the killings.
"We strongly condemn this murder. We are against murderous politics.
We don't have any role in this," he told media persons.
Sources said the workers were returning home after attending a local function on Sunday night and they were stopped by a gang of unidentified people who came in a car and hacked them to death.
The identity of the attackers was yet to the confirmed, police said.
The UDF has called for a district-wide hartal in Kasaragod on Monday.
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Iran’s Fars news agency reports Khamenei’s daughter, grandson killed in strikes
Tehran: Iran’s semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that several close family members of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei have been killed in the recent joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran.
According to Fars, the supreme leader’s daughter, son-in-law and grandson were killed in the attacks. The agency, which is aligned with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), cited sources close to Tehran’s leadership for the information.
This report follows wide-ranging claims and counter-claims about the impact of the strikes on Iran’s top leadership. Israeli and US officials have suggested that Khamenei himself was killed, though Tehran has repeatedly denied those claims and described them as psychological warfare.
There has been no official confirmation from Iranian authorities regarding the deaths of Khamenei’s family members, and independent verification of the reports is still lacking.
