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Statesman News Service
Alappuzha/Thiruvananthapuram, 31 October
Unidentified persons set ablaze the memorial of founder-leader of the communist movement in Kerala, P Krishna Pillai, in Alappzha district in the wee-hours today.
Miscreants had also defaced Krishna Pillai&’s bust erected in the courtyard. Pillai, founder-secretary of the Communist Party in Kerala when it was formed in 1937, died of snake bite on 19 August, 1948, while living underground in a thatched hut at Muhamma, which was later turned into a memorial.
A special team headed by K Padmakumar, IG, Central Range, has been formed to probe the incident. The incident triggered a sharp response from the CPI-M leadership, which accused the Congress workers of having set the memorial ablaze and vandalised Krishna Pillai&’s bust.
The CPI-M and CPI also jointly issued a call for a dawn-to-dusk hartal in Alappuzha district on Friday to protest against the attack.
CM attack: The ruling United Democratic Front convener, PP Thankachan, said there were lapses on the part of police in preventing the attack on the chief minister on Sunday in Kannur and urged the government to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the incident. He also sought urgent measures to revamp the police set-up in Kannur.
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