PALAKKAD: The loss of two lives in 24 hours as the result of a political feud that has challenged the peaceful life in Kerala. Following this, the city of Palakkad came under the control of the police to prevent the spread of violence. A week-long prohibitory ordes was imposed in the district.

Popular Front Area President Subair (45) was hacked to death after hitting his bike with a car at around 1.30 pm on Friday after prayer. Sreenivasan, 45, a former Shareerik Shikshak Pramukhof the RSS, was hacked to death. The incident shows that there was no precaution on the part of the police. In Alappuzha, four months ago, SDPI state secretary K.S. Shan and OBC Morcha state secretary Ranjith lost their lives.

Four people have been taken into custody in connection with Subair's murder. No arrests have been made in connection with Sreenivasan's murder. Subair is the son of Aboobacker, a native of Kuppiyodu in Para Elappully.

Mother: Nabeesa. Wife: Zeenath. Children: Suhaid, Sahad and Sajad.

Sreenivasan is the son of Anantha Krishnan and Indrani of Arappath Veedu in Moothanthara.

His body is at the district hospital. Funeral will take place after the postmortem today.

His wife Gopika is a teacher at the Karnakiyamman HSS. Daughter: Navaneetha (seventh-grade student, Lions School). Siblings: Selvaraj and Prasad.

Fifty cuts on Subair

• Deep wounds to the neck, arms and legs
• Five in the killer group
• The group came in Hyundai Eon, and rammed the bike. There were two of them.
• The three men got out of the Maruti Alto car that came from behind the bike and they started repeatedly hacking his neck and arms.
• All five escaped in a Maruti Alto car as the front wheel of the Eon car was damaged.
• Eon car belonged to Sanjith, an RSS worker who was killed earlier.
• Subair's father said the attackers fled the scene after confirming his death

Sreenivasan was hacked all over his body

The attackers arrived on two bikes and a scooter

The three men in the back seat ran into the shop

The first cut was to his leg and a customer in the shop ran out

Sreenivasan fell to the ground and was cut in the arms, abdomen and head

The attackers escaped in vehicles

He was rushed to a private hospital but could not be rescued