More recently, there have been reports of violence between IUML and CPI(M) workers in Thanur area as well in neighbouring Malappuram district. On the night of January 22, 2015, two IUML workers had a quarrel with some CPI(M) workers, including Shibin. More IUML workers were called as reinforcements, and they arrived with weapons such as axe, sword, iron rod and knife. She says that some CPI(M) workers had openly made threats to kill her son after he was acquitted by the special court. Read | We won’t sit quietly: BJP warns Left over worker’s murder in KeralaPublished in arrangement with GRIST Media

Source: Hindustan Times September 11, 2016 08:48 UTC