Two murders rock Alappuzha
The Hindu
BJP and SDPI leaders hacked to death in separate incidents
Panic gripped Alappuzha as two violent deaths rocked the district in less than 12 hours. Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) State secretary K.S. Shan (38) and BJP leader Ranjith Srinivasan (40) were hacked to death by assailants in separate incidents.
While Shan was killed by a gang at Mannancherry on the night of December 18, Srinivasan, OBC Morcha State secretary, was attacked in his home at Vellakinar on the morning of December 19.
According to the police, the attack on Shan happened around 7.30 p.m. Shan was travelling on his motorcycle when a car rear-ended the two-wheeler. A group of persons came out of the car and attacked him, the police said.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.