RSS activist hacked to death in Kannur, BJP blames it on CPI(M)

February 16, 2016

Kannur, Feb 16: A Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker was hacked to death at his house at Pappinissery here late night on Monday.

Twenty seven-year-old Sujith, a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist was hacked to death near Pappinisseri in Kannur district of Kerala by a group of men on Monday nigh.

Sujith’s parents and brother suffered injuries when they tried to stop the attack. The Police has taken eight people into custody and investigation is underway.

Meanwhile, the district Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and RSS leaders have alleged involvement by the Communist Party involvement in this attack, but the local leaders of Left parties have denied it

North Kerala’s Kannur, notorious for red –saffron clashes, is tense after the activist was stabbed to death. RSS-BJP have now called for a shutdown in the volatile district.

According to reports, 10 men barged into Sujit’s house around midnight. They thrashed Sujith, his parents and his brother.

The official Twitter handle of the state BJP unit said “BJP Karyakarta Sujith hacked to death by CPM at his home in Kannur district. Parents critically injured” along with a photo of Sujith’s heavily wounded body.

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CPI(m) has nothing to do here,RSS is playing dirty game here ,,,sujith is one among the thousands who has been brainwashed to misbehave with girls ,,,

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Elusive bamboo shrimp resurfaces in Mangaluru estuary after 70 years

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December 7,2025

Mangaluru, Dec 7: A rare bamboo shrimp has been rediscovered on mainland India more than 70 years after it was last reported, confirming for the first time the presence of Atyopsis spinipes in the country. The find was made by researchers from the Centre for Climate Change Studies at Sathyabama Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, during surveys in Karnataka and Odisha.

The team — shrimp expert Dr S Prakash, PhD scholar K Kunjulakshmi, and Mangaluru-based researcher Maclean Antony Santos — combined field surveys, ecological assessments and DNA analysis to identify the elusive species. Their findings, published in Zootaxa, resolve decades of taxonomic confusion stemming from a 1951 report that misidentified the species as Atyopsis moluccensis without strong evidence.

The shrimp has now been confirmed at two locations: the Mulki–Pavanje estuary near Mangaluru and the Kuakhai River in Bhubaneswar. Historical specimens from the Andaman Islands, previously labelled as A. moluccensis, were also found to be misidentified and actually belong to A. spinipes.

The rediscovery began after an aquarium hobbyist in Odisha spotted a shrimp in 2022, prompting systematic surveys across Udupi, Karwar and Mangaluru. Four female specimens were collected in Mulki and one in Odisha, all genetically matching.

Researchers warn the species may exist in very small, vulnerable populations as freshwater habitats face increasing pressure from pollution, sand mining and infrastructure development. All verified specimens have been deposited with the Zoological Survey of India for future reference.

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