The attack on CPM and their houses over the Sabarimala women entry row continued on Saturday morning.
Hindutva fringe elements using the banner hartal hurled Bombs at the houses of Thalassery MLA and CPIM leader A N Shamseer and BJP Rajya Sabha MP V Muraleedharan among other places.
Bombs were also hurled at CPIM leader and former Kannur district secretary of CPM P Sasi’s house at Thalassery and a CPM activist Vishak attacked at Iritty, a place in Kannur district.
A CPM worker’s house at Perambra in Kozhikode district was also bombed.
However, no one is critically hurt . Meanwhile angered over attack on media persons, Kerala journalists decided to boycott BJP pressers
Unidentified persons riding a bike hurled a bomb at Shamseer’s house at Madapeedikayil near Thalassery in Kannur district of northern Kerala at around 10.15 pm, police told PTI.
“This was an RSS conspiracy to instigate violence in the state. They intend to create violence and destroy the peaceful atmosphere of the state,” Shamseer told media.
The attack happened when the Left leader was attending a peace meeting organised at Thalassery after widespread violence had hit the state following the hartal declared by right-wing groups over the entry of women in Sabarimala.
In another development, prohibitory orders have been issued at Pandalam, Adoor and Kodumon police station areas in Pathanamthitta district for seven days.
Two shops and the house of a CPM local leader at Adoor were also attacked with bombs on Friday. Seven persons were injured in these attacks.
Pathanamthitta has witnessed widespread violence over the entry of women into the hill-top shrine of Sabarimala resulting in the death of a Sabarimala Karma Samiti member Chandran Unnithan at Pandalam.
Kerala has been marred with violence since the afternoon of January 2 after two women of menstruating age managed to enter Sabarimala temple. Meanwhile third women from Srilanka Police confirmed entered Holy steps
