RSS calls for state-wide hartal
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Thiruvananthapuram: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has called for a State-wide dawn-to-dusk hartal on Tuesday in protest against the murder of its functionary at Kathiroor in Kannur.
K.T Manoj (43), a local RSS functionary, was hacked to death and another one suffered serious injuries in an attack by a group of assailants.
According to the police, Manoj was going to Thalassery along with K. Pramod, another RSS worker, in a Maruti Omni van when a group of assailants hurled country-made bombs at the vehicle. The van lost control, hit a wall and stopped. The assailants then stabbed both of them.
Pramod, who sustained injuries in the attack, has been admitted to a hospital at Thalassery.
Soon after the murder took place, the RSS had called for a shutdown in Kannur district, but by evening, decided to extend it throughout the state.