Kerala High Court on Monday stayed the trial against 15 accused, including KK Rageesh, MLA and CPI(M) state committee member, in the case relating to the murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader TP Chandrasekharan. Justice VK Mohanan issued the order while admitting the plea of the 15 accused. ...
06:07 PM, Jan 21, 2013
Kozhikode: The state Cabinet will take a decision on initiating a CBI probe into the larger conspiracy behind the murder of RMP leader T P Chandrasekharan after verifying all legal aspects, Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan has said. Speaking to mediapersons after a meeting with K K Rema, wife of slain leader at their residence at Onchiyam on Monday, Thiruvanchoor said that the government will verify all legal aspects regarding the...
12:10 PM, Sep 25, 2012
Kozhikode: From the investigation and the statements made by the accused, it has become clear that out of those arrested in the T P Chandrasekharan murder case, 10 persons are CPM office-bearers and others are party members and loyalists. In their statements, all the accused have clearly mentioned their political affinity. Thus informed Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan in Kerala Assembly on July 11 during the ongoing fifth session, as reply...
12:18 PM, Jul 23, 2012
Kozhikode: In a significant development, police on Friday took into custody a prominent district leader of the CPI(M) in connection with the probe into the murder of Marxist rebel and RMP leader TP Chandrasekharan. According to police, P Mohanan, CPI(M)'s Kozhikode district secretariat member, was taken into custody from Quilandy near Kozhikode and was taken to the camp office of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) at Vatakara. His wife KK...
01:05 PM, Jun 29, 2012
Kozhikode: In a major breakthrough in the TP Chandrasekharan murder case, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has taken Patyam Kottayodi TK Rajeesh alias TK into custody from Mumbai. He is allegedly one of the masterminds in the conspiracy that led to the murder on May 4. The SIT took him from Mumbai a few days ago and brought him to Kozhikode on Thursday, sources said. The arrest of Rajeesh will...
07:38 PM, Jun 08, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala, India's most literate state with the best socio-economic indicators, has ironically a history of political killings in which virtually every party is involved. A recent RTI inquiry revealed that 56 people fell victim to internecine violence in Kannur in the decade from January 1997 to March 2008. Not everyone who dies is a political activist. Often, innocent citizens die in turf wars in which they have no stake....
12:52 PM, Jun 01, 2012
New Delhi: The Kerala Police on Monday registered a case of murder against CPM leader MM Mani after his remark that the CPM had a history of killing its political rivals. Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that Mani's statement will be probed. Meanwhile, a case of murder, abetment to murder and concealing information has been filed against the Idukki district leader. Sources say that the CPM will deal with...
05:00 PM, May 28, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: Former Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan has hit back denying that political rivals were eliminated in the CPM during his term as the state secretary. This came after party leader MM Mani, who is considered close party state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan, alleged that the CPM had killed political rivals in the past and would continue to do so. The party is scrambling to limit the damage caused by its...
08:45 AM, May 28, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: There seems to be more trouble in Kerala's CPM at a time when the party is being torn apart by infighting. The Idukki district head of the CPM, MM Mani, has controversially claimed that the CPM has a history of 'murdering' rivals within the party. The comment comes on the back of the alleged murder of TP Chandrasekharan, a CPM rebel in May this year. Earlier this week, former...
02:09 PM, May 26, 2012
Kozhikode: The Special Investigation team probing the murder of Marxist rebel and Revolutionary Marxist Party leader TP Chandrasekharan has arrested one of the gang members who allegedly hacked him to death. He was arrested in Mysore by SIT and would be produced at a court at nearby Vadakara this evening, police said. Police said SIT are also verifying whether the man, who was reportedly injured in the attack had got...
03:31 PM, May 23, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: In an emotional post on his blog on his birthday, Malayalam superstar Mohanlal has said he feels scared to live in a place where people kill or "hire goons" to eliminate fellow-beings. Referring to the brutal murder of Revolutionary Marxist leader TP Chandrasekharan at Onchiyam in Kozhikode district on May 4, he wondered if Kerala was turning into an asylum. In the note titled 'Ormayil Randu Ammamar (Thinking of...
03:06 PM, May 22, 2012
Thrissur: Kerala Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan said on Tuesday that the CPM state secretary Pinarayi Vijayan is trying to sabotage the TP Chandrasekharan murder case by intimidating the officials investigating the case. He was responding to Vijayan's earlier statement that the UDF government's days were numbered and that there would be some crucial changes in the sate politics after the Neyyattinkara bypoll. Speaking to reporters after inaugurating the passing-out parade...
11:42 AM, May 16, 2012
