A tense situation prevailed at Kallyottu on Monday evening after the funeral procession carrying the bodies of Youth Congress activists Kripesh and Sarath Lal who had been hacked to death on Sunday night passed the area.
Shops and houses of Communist Party of India (Marxist) workers and bus shelters were set on fire in the evening. A large contingent of police personnel were deployed in the area in view of the tense situation.
Heart-rending scenes were witnessed when the bodies were brought to their houses at Kallyottu on Monday. There was a huge turnout of people to pay their last respects.