Eyewitness claims three men killed TP

KOZHIKODE: The murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) leader T P Chandrasekharan in Kozhikode on May 4 was executed by three 'goons' who came in a silver-coloured Innova car, an eyewitness revealed Friday.


Talking to a private TV channel P Ramachandran, who was decorating a club at Vallikkode, the spot where he was killed on the fateful night, said he and his colleagues saw three persons alighting from the silver-coloured car after dashing against the motorbike of the victim.


One of them carried a long sword, the second a log, he said, adding the third man also held some object but he could not identify it.


He said the criminals left the scene in around three minutes after committing the dastardly act.


The witness said he and his colleagues attempted to rush to the scene to protect Chandrasekharan, but they were scared away by the assassins who hurled a bomb.


The Innova, which was found abandoned at Chokli in Kannur, was impounded by the Special Investigation Team the following day.


A rebel CPI (M) leader, Chandrasekharan, was assassinated at Vallikkode near Vatakara in the district when he was returning home on his motor bike.