PV Sathayanthan, 62, the central local committee secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for Koyilandy town, was brutally attacked on Thursday, February 22, at approximately 10 PM when he was attending the celebration at the Perivattur Cheriyapuram temple in the town.Kerala | A CPI(M) local leader, PV Sathyanathan hacked to death by an axe, during a temple festival at Cheriyapuram Temple at Koyilandi in Kozhikode last night. A bandh has been declared in Koyilandi today in protest: CPI(M) district secretary P. Mohanan(File pic: PV… pic.twitter.com/c8F1eZB2ay— ANI (@ANI) February 23, 2024Sathyanathan was immediately taken to the Taluk Hospital in Koyilandy after suffering more than four injuries, including one on his neck that was thought to be caused by an axe. However, he passed dead en route.According to the police officials, the accused, a 30-year-old man named Abhilash, turned himself in at the station. Initial inquiries indicate that a personal rivalry may have motivated the attack. It also appears from the first reports that this horrible incident involved just one person. The investigation into the case is on.Meanwhile, a bandh has been declared in Koyilandi today in protest.
