Kerala: Section 144 was imposed in Kerala’s Alappuzha district

Kerala Section 144 was imposed in Kerala’s Alappuzha district after back-to-back killings of two-party leaders, the first belonging to the SDPI and the second to the BJP. KS Shan, the state secretary of the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) in Kerala, was brutally attacked on Saturday night.

The Alappuzha district SDPI leader was on his way home when a car rammed into his bike and as he fell down, the assailants assaulted him leading to his death, police said. He succumbed to his injuries at a Kochi hospital around midnight.

His party alleged that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) was behind his murder. Following this, BJP’s OBC Morcha’s state secretary Ranjeet Sreenivas was hacked to death in his home by unidentified assailants on Sunday morning.

Police said it suspects the fatal attack on Sreenivas, also a member of the BJP state committee, was in retaliation to the killing of Shan. State chief minister Pinaranyi Vijayan’s office has stated that he condemns the two alleged murders.

Earlier in February, prohibitory orders were clamped in the district after the alleged killing of a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker. At the time police had arrested eight workers of the SDPI.

Prohibitory orders were issued in the city and taluk on Saturday following two untoward incidents of vandalisation of freedom fighter Sangolli Rayanna’s statue and hurling stones at government vehicles. Karnataka Government imposed section 144 in Belagavi taluk.

According to the Police Commissioner’s office, the prohibitory order is imposed under Section 144 CrPC from 8 am on December 18 to 6 pm on December 19, for Belagavi police commissionerate area, which comprises Belagavi taluk.

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The incident occurred when the city is hosting the winter session of state legislature at Suvarna Vidhana Soudha here. Condemning the incidents as “unruly”, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said he has directed the Home Minister to take strict action against those trying to disturb peace and order following which some arrests have been made in connection with the incident.