In a tweet message, the Governor said that he had summoned the Chief minister and state police chief to know about action taken by state govt on law and order issues in Thiruvananthapuram. He said that the Chief Minister informed him that the culprits in the murder of RSS activist Rajesh Edavakode have been arrested. 

The governor said that the chief minister assured him that law breakers would be sternly dealt with, irrespective of status or political affiliation. Mr Sathasivam also had a word with Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and apprised him of the situation and measures taken by the state government.

Police have so far taken six persons into custody in connection with the slaying of the RSS worker at Sreekaryam near Thiruvananthapuram . BJP state president Kummanam Rajasekharan alleged that the CPI(M) was behind the attack. The BJP called for a dawn-to-dusk state-wide hartal on sunday to protest the incident.