<p>Five persons were arrested on Friday in connection with the murder of CPM local leader P B Sandeep Kumar, 36, at Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala on Thursday.</p>.<p>The police maintained that the personal rivalry of the prime accused RSS worker Jishnu and Sandeep was the reason for the provocation for the murder.</p>.<p>This caused embarrassment to the ruling CPM as the party leaders were alleging that it was political murder by the BJP-RSS. CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan flayed the police for making such observations at the initial stage of the probe itself.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/political-killings-remain-unabated-in-kerala-amid-blessings-of-state-leadership-1057238.html">Political killings remain unabated in Kerala amid blessings of state leadership </a></strong></p>.<p>Meanwhile, BJP state president K Surendran said that the CPM leaders should apologise for terming it as political murder and putting the blame on BJP-RSS.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that all those involved in the heinous crime would be brought before the law.</p>.<p>Sandeep was stabbed to death by a gang of around five on Thursday night.</p>
<p>Five persons were arrested on Friday in connection with the murder of CPM local leader P B Sandeep Kumar, 36, at Thiruvalla in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala on Thursday.</p>.<p>The police maintained that the personal rivalry of the prime accused RSS worker Jishnu and Sandeep was the reason for the provocation for the murder.</p>.<p>This caused embarrassment to the ruling CPM as the party leaders were alleging that it was political murder by the BJP-RSS. CPM state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan flayed the police for making such observations at the initial stage of the probe itself.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/political-killings-remain-unabated-in-kerala-amid-blessings-of-state-leadership-1057238.html">Political killings remain unabated in Kerala amid blessings of state leadership </a></strong></p>.<p>Meanwhile, BJP state president K Surendran said that the CPM leaders should apologise for terming it as political murder and putting the blame on BJP-RSS.</p>.<p>Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that all those involved in the heinous crime would be brought before the law.</p>.<p>Sandeep was stabbed to death by a gang of around five on Thursday night.</p>