THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The arrest of six congress activists has been registered in the case of hacking to death two DYFI activists Mithilaj and Haq Muhammed in Venjaramoodu. The police had taken six into custody the other day. Of that, the arrest of Shajith, Najeeb, Ajith, Sanal and Sathy Sajeev has been registered.

The police are questioning the accused. The police said Sajeev, Sanal, Anzar and Unni jointly killed the youths. Anzar and Unni are absconding. However, accused Sajeev and Sanal told the investigating team that Anzar was not with them at the time of the attack. The police is confused over it. Witness Shaheen had revealed that Anzar was in the team and had identified him in the photo.

Political enmity is behind the murder. The team came with deadly weapons to murder the two. Meantime, the UDF is observing a hartal in Vembayam grama panchayat. The hartal is observed in protest against the attack towards congress offices.