Renowned Malayalam actor and production controller Kannan Pattambi has died at the age of 62. The actor passed away on Sunday night after undergoing treatment for a kidney-related ailment at a private hospital in Kozhikode

The party mouthpiece `Saamana` editorial, titled "The Disgrace of the Soil", described the incident not just as a crime, but as a "stain on the conscience of a state that calls itself progressive"