Law and order situation in and around Thalassery worsened with the murder of a BJP worker at Chittariparamba near Koothuparamba on Thursday evening. Another BJP worker was stabbed at nearby Kaitheri.
The police said that BJP worker A. Mahesh (32), an autorickshaw driver, was murdered by a group of suspected Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers at around 6 p.m.
