Kannur: Independent candidate from Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency and former CPI(M) local leader COT Nazeer sustained serious injuries in an attack by a three-member gang at Thalassery on Saturday night. According to police, Nazeer (37), a former municipal councilor in Thalassery and CPI(M) leader-turned rebel, was on his way to home on a motor bike with another person when the attack took place. The three-member unidentified gang attacked them with swords and iron rods at Kayyath road near Thalassery bus stand around 1945 hrs.
Nazeer suffered serious injuries in the attack. Local residents rushed him to nearby Thalassery General hospital and later shifted to Kozhikode Medical College hospital. Muhammed Nourif, who was accompanied Nazeer, has been admitted at Thalassery General hospital. Police registered a case and search is on to nab the assailants. Nazeer recently left the CPI(M) following difference in opinion with party''s Thalassery area committee leaders.
He is contesting from Vadakara Lok Sabha constituency as an independent candidate where CPI(M) leader P Jayarajan is the LDF candidate.
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