TP murder: 5 accused to be presented before Court today

Wednesday, May 16, 2012: The five persons including an area committee member of the CPM, who were arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of RMP leader T.P. Chandrasekharan at Vallikkadu on May 4, will be presented before the Kozhikode Court today.
Those arrested have been identified as Deepu, Lambu Pradeep, Anandamveettil Rejith, Kuttu alias Ramish and CPM Orkkattery local committee member Padayankandi Raveendran, 47.
Kunnummakkara local committee member of CPM, K.C. Ramachandran who allegedly colluded with the assassins in the murder, also is under interrogation.
He allegedly assisted the assassins to hire the vehicle and handed over Rs 38,000 for the purpose, police said.
According to the police the five accused have close connection with Kodi Suni and Rafeek, the two main accused in the murder case.
The key suspect Kodi Suni, who was in the jail serving sentence in a murder case, was released last month. Rafeek is also involved in some 29 cases, including murder.
According to police sources, Kodi Suni and Rafeek are professional goons, who commit murders for money. T.P. Chandrasekharan, 51, was killed in Onchiyam near here Friday night while returning home on a two-wheeler.
Chandrasekharan, once a prominent CPI(M) leader in the party stronghold Onjiyam in Kozhikode district, was expelled a few years ago after he fell out with the leadership. He later joined the RMP floated by CPI(M) rebels and wrested control of Onjiyam village panchayat, ending decades-old rule of the CPI(M).