The brutal murder of a CPI (M) activist by congress goons at Pandillapalli in Chintakani mandal in Khammam District (andhra Pradesh) on Sunday
triggered widespread protests by the CPI (M) cadres in the district on
Monday.
The CPI (M) district committee has said the
incident as a “political murder” by the Congress party cadres and
called for district wide protests against the “political killings” on
Tuesday.
In the first incident of post-panchayat poll
violence, Alavala Srinivasa Rao, 36, an advocate and a key functionary
of the CPI (M), was allegedly killed by suspected political opponents a
day after the second phase of panchayat elections.
Srinivasa
Rao was waylaid and brutally attacked with sticks by more than 12
persons at Pandillapalli on Sunday when he was returning to Khammam
after visiting his relative’s house. He succumbed to the critical
injuries at a hospital in Khammam on Sunday midnight. The incident
prompted the authorities to clamp prohibitory orders at the politically
sensitive Pandillapalli on Monday.
Vehemently
denouncing the murder, the CPI (M) cadres led by the party district
secretary P. Sudarshan took out a rally in Pandillapalli on Monday.
Addressing the protesters, Com Sudarshan alleged that the Congress party
cadres brutally killed Srinivasa Rao as per a well hatched conspiracy.
