The Congress has accused the Communist Party of India (Marxist) of helping Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker Nijil Das, an accused in the murder of CPI(M) worker K. Haridas in February, of going into hiding.
Nijil Das was arrested from a locked house at Pandyalamukku in Pinarayi, a CPI(M) bastion, on Friday. The house, near to that of Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, belongs to P.M. Reshma, a teacher at a private school.
Following the arrest of Nijil Das, unidentified persons threw bombs at the house damaging it. Taking note of the situation, the police beefed up security around the house of the Chief Minister and intensified patrolling in the area.