Kerala: Kannur police arrests 4 SDPI activists in ABVP activist murder case

The arrested activists are identified as Mohammed, Shaheem, Saleem and Ameer. The cops had detained them on Friday night from a place called Thalappuzha, Wayanad while they were on the run.

Four SDPI activists have been arrested by police in Kannur in connection with the murder of ABVP activist Shyamprasad on Friday evening. ABVP activist Shyamprasad (24) was hacked to death by a mob of seven people at Kolayadu near Peravoor, Kannur at 5 pm on Friday.

The arrested activists are identified as Mohammed, Shaheem, Saleem and Ameer. The cops had detained them on Friday night from a place called Thalappuzha, Wayanad while they were on the run.

They attacked Shyamprasad, however, he tried to flee from the spot to escape from the masked assailants and entered the compound of a nearby house. The assailants caught him on the verandah of the house and hacked him with sharp weapons, the police said. Shyamprasad died while being rushed to the hospital at Thalassery.

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