ALAPPUZHA: Three CPM activists were taken into custody for pelting stones at the houses of CPM leaders at Kanjikuzhy in Mararikulam. The Mararikulam police took them into custody for hurling stones at the houses of Kanjikuzhy block panchayat president Prabha Madhu and Kannarkad local secretary M Santhosh Kumar.

The main accused who was a temporary driver at the panchayat administered by CPM was terminated from service two years back. The attack was carried at the houses of hostile leaders to propagate discord within the party.

A dispute broke out in connection with sticking posters in the same houses of the same leaders a year back. They were warned soon after identifying that CPM activists behind the attack. Those involved in that incident have now been taken into custody for attacking the houses