Kannur : Slogans of “Martyrs Never Die..The Live On Through Us” filled the air as body of slain CPI(M) worker, Haridas, arrived at his home Monday afternoon. Hundreds gathered to pay final respects to the comrade hacked to death by a gang of RSS workers early this morning. Haridas’s body was cremated at 5.30 pm laterin the evining.
Haridas left for work at shop Sunday noon and was on his way back this morning when the gang ambushed him in front of his home. The gang lay in wait around his home and as he approached, hacked him using machete multiple times.
Neighbours rushed to the scene on hearing Haridas's screams and quickly transported him to the hospital, but, it was too late to save him. A leg severed from the body was abandoned by the assailants a short distance from the crime scene. Haridas had more than 20 gashes on his body.
In the incident, seven RSS men have been taken into custody. Police have recovered an iron rod and a machete from around Haridas’s house. A forensic match is however pending to determine if these are the only weapons used in the attack.
The postmortem has put deep cuts caused by sharp object and blood loss trauma as cause of Haridas’s death.
