Two murders of senior political functionaries from SDPI and BJP have rocked Alappuzha.
Five Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) workers have been arrested in connection with the alleged murder of Bharatiya Janta Party OBC Morcha state secretary Renjith Sreenivasan in Kerala's Alappuzha.
Kerala Police had been interrogating about eight suspects in connection with the alleged double murders of senior political functionaries from SDPI and BJP in the district, forcing the local administration to impose Section 144 in the district.
Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) state secretary KS Shaan was allegedly attacked and murdered in Kerala's Alappuzha on Saturday night. This was followed by a separate incident in which BJP OBC morcha state secretary Renjith Sreenivasan was killed at his house by unidentified people early on Sunday morning in the same district of Kerala.
As per the Kerala police, the bikes used for killing of Sreenivasan were seized.
According to the police, Shaan was on a two-wheeler when a gang in a car attacked him on Saturday night. SDPI has alleged that RSS workers are behind this attack.