Kochi: A 20-year-old Abhimanyu was hacked to death while two others were injured in an attack in Kerala’s Kochi college said Police officials.
According to reports, Abhimanyu was a second-year-student and Students’ Federation of India (SFI) leader. He was allegedly attacked by Campus Front workers and Popular Front of India (PFI) outfits inside the Maharaja’s College located in Ernakulam, on Sunday night, PTI reported.
The Police said three workers of the PFI and Campus Front have been taken into custody in connection with the incident. The Police suspects issue over using of college walls led to the fight between student activists.
The injured students are undergoing treatment while one of the injured person is serious.
Following the incident, the SFI has called for a state-wide protest against the killing of Abhimanyu on Monday.
Abhimanyu hailed from Idukki district’s Vattavada and was also a member of the organisation’s Idukki district committee. His body is currently kept in Ernakulam General Hospital’s mortuary.
Former Rajya Sabha member and CPI(M) state secretariat member P Rajeev has condemned the attack.
“We have not heard about such a heinous attack on student activists in recent times. All the progressive forces should come forward to fight against such outfits with extremist nature,” Rajeev said.