Peace eludes Kasargod as 1 more dies in violence

The communal violence in Kasargod showed no signs of a let up on Friday with president of a locally prominent mosque...

The communal violence in Kasargod showed no signs of a let up on Friday with president of a locally prominent mosque committee being killed in broad daylight. The Friday violence has taken the number of dead to four over the past five days.

Sixty-year-old C M Mohammad Kunhi Haji, president of Adakatabail Bilal Masjid Committee, was attacked on his way to the mosque. He succumbed to stab wounds on the way to hospital.

To back up the prohibitory orders in force in the district, the worried administration imposed curfew in the worst-hit Hosdurg, Neelaswaram and Bekal areas on Friday. Top police officers, led by an Additional DGP, managed the deployment of a large police force sent in from neighbouring districts. But sporadic clashes and attacks continued in many parts.

Three people, A K Azeez, Abdul Rahim and Rashid, were waylaid and hacked early morning on a road near Kanhangad. All three have been hospitalised and Rashid was reported to be in a critical condition.

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