ALAPPUZHA: KSU State general secretary and Alappuzha Karthikappally panchayat member R Roshen was hacked on Tuesday.

By about 9 in the night, a six-member gang that arrived on three bikes attacked him with deadly weapons; the incident happened at Harippad.

Roshen sustained deep hack injuries on his hand and back, when he tried to block the attack with his hand. He was soon rushed to Alappuzha Medical College; his condition is said to be out of danger.

Meanwhile, the Congress workers alleged that the RSS men were behind the attack. The incident spot was a place where friction between RSS-Congress prevailed and the attack is presumed to be continuation of this.