DYFI activist killed in Kasargod.

KASARGOD: A DYFI activist was killed during a scuffle with suspected Muslim League workers Thursday as the state observed a hartal in protest against the arrest of P Jayarajan in the Abdul Shukkoor murder case.

Manoj Kumar, 24, an office-bearer of the youth organisation of the Communist Party of India-Marxist, was kicked to death by Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) workers in Kasargode, CPM leader P Karunakaran said.

"Our party had organised a peaceful march in Kasargod to protest the arrest of party's Kannur district secretary P. Jayarajan. After the march ended, one of our party leaders was attacked by IUML activists and Kumar went to save him. He was badly beaten up, leading to his death," Karunakaran told reporters.

"Today, the central forces will conduct flag marches in and around Kannur and help local police maintain law and order," said an official.

However, the Technopark IT campus here and the Infopark campus in Kochi were working.

"We reached offices early and a police convoy escorted the company vehicles," said M. Vasudevan, a Technopark official.

The LDF has decided to observe a hartal in Kasargod in protest against the killing of Manoj..