Thalassery additional district sessions court on Thursday awarded life imprisonment to 11 CPM workers on the charge of murdering a BJP worker, A Mahesh, at chittariparamba in Kannur district in 2008.
The court of additional district sessions judge RL Baiju, which found the 11 CPM workers-Pongoli Dhanesh ,Oniyan Babu, Nellikka Uthaman, Chemmeri Prakashan, Monali Umesh, Vazhavalappil Ranjith, Nellikka Mukesh, Karat Purushothaman, Chirukandoth Sunesh, Manappatti Sooraj and Vayaleri Shiju – guilty of murdering Mahesh,also awarded ten year rigorous imprisonment to them under explosive act. The court also imposed a fine of Rs.50, 000 each on them, out of which Rs three lakh would be given to the family of the victim.
On 12th November 2017
A BJP worker was killed on Sunday afternoon in Guruvayur town in the Thrissur district of Kerala.
According to initial reports, Anand who was riding a bike was attacked by a group of men who had followed him in a car. The car rammed into Anand’s bike at the Nenmini area in Guruvayur, the impact of the crash throwing Anand and his friend off the bike.
Anand was an accused in the murder case of a CPI(M) activist in 2013. Twenty-one-year-old Fasil was hacked to death by a group of men at Kiyare Junction at Bhrahmakulam, near Guruvayur in November 2013.
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Though Anand and his friend Vishnu were rushed to the hospital, Anand’s life could not be saved. The group of attackers abandoned the car and fled from the scene.
Guruvayur police Sub Inspector Anidas told TNM, “We found a car and bike at the spot. We are yet to find how many people were behind the attack. Anand is an accused in the Fasil murder case, so we will be looking at that angle. There was a person named Vishnu with Anand. He is hospitalized. We are waiting to take his statement.”
BJP leaders have immediately condemned the incident, calling it an instance of political killing at the behest of the ruling CPI (M).