An Ayyappa devotee who sustained injuries in stone-pelting by CPI(M) goons at Pandalam in Pathanamthitta district died in Believer’s Church Medical College hospital at Thiruvalla on Wednesday evening.
Chandran Unnithan, a resident of Kurambala, was injured when CPI(M) goons pelted stones on a Sabarimala Karma Samithi march from their party office in Pandalam.
The CPI(M) workers indulged in violence in other parts of the state also. The police have detained hundreds of men and women who had taken part in peaceful protests in Kochi.
According to an RSS leader, the police continue to detain Sangh parivar workers ahead of Thursday’s dawn-to-dusk hartal. The police have threatened a massive crackdown on the BJP-RSS workers tomorrow.