KANNUR: The remand report said Haridasan, a CPM activist, was killed by a group led by BJP mandalam president K Lijesh. A six-member team committed the crime. Two accused are absconding.

Lijesh is BJP Kommal ward councillor. There was a clash between the CPM and BJP activists in the area over a temple festival. Haridasan's brother sustained injuries in the clash. Following this, the police had registered a case against the BJP activists. The murder was carried out in retaliation for this.

Haridas, a CPM activist from Punnol was hacked to death by a mob on the morning of February 21. Haridas, a fisherman, was murdered in front of his house when he was returning home after work. The killer gang came in two bikes.