T.P murder case: Killer lands in police net

Wednesday, May 23, 2012: In a major breakthrough, the Special Investigation team probing the gruesome murder of RMP leader T.P Chandrasekharan near Onchiyam on May 4, arrested one person suspected to have committed the murder.
The accused identified as Shijith, is a member of the quotation gang that was hired for committing the brutal murder. Shijith was under treatment at a hospital in Thalassery for the injury which he suffered while committing the crime.
Chandrasekharan was hacked to death by a group of killers at Vallikkad near Vadakara in Kozhikode at about 10.15 pm when he was returning home alone on a motorcycle.
The killers, who came in a Toyota Innova car, hacked him after hurling bombs to scare away the people who tried to prevent the attack. The attack on Chandrasekharan was so brutal that his face had become unidentifiable. The killers had hacked Chandrasekharan in the head, face and arms at least 50 times.
A former CPI(M) leader in the party stronghold Onjiyam in Kozhikode district, Chandrasekharan was expelled a few years ago after falling out with the leadership. He later joined RMP floated by CPI(M) activists who either quit the party over ideological issues or expelled for anti-party activities.