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Kochi: The Kerala High Court on Tuesday observed that deploying central forces seemed the only way peace could return to Kannur district, where political clashes last week resulted in seven deaths.
"The only solution is deploying central forces that would not yield to those in power. It is hoped that a gubernatorial move to apprise the central government takes place," said Justice V. Ramkumar.
The judge made the observation while asking the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate a political murder in which a Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPM) activist is an accused.
The case pertains to the killing of a National Development Front activist in Thalassery town in Kannur in October 2006.
Paying dearly
The court also observed that victims of political violence usually hailed from the lower strata of society. The observation comes in the wake of political clashes between the cadres of the CPM and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The violence erupted after a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) leader was attacked in Thalassery last Wednesday.
Leaders of both opposition parties, the Congress and the BJP, have been demanding that central forces be deployed in Kannur, which has been a hotbed of political violence between the CPM and the BJP-RSS combine for several years now.
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