T.P murder: Two more CPM leaders arrested
Kozhikode: Two CPM leaders including an area committe secretary have been arrested in connection with the brutal murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party leader T.P Chandrasekharan. CPM Onchiyam area committee secretary C.H Asokhan and Local Committee member K.K. Krishnan are the leaders arrested by The Special Investigation Team. Both the leaders were later produced before the Vatakara Judicial First Class Magistrate court. And the court remanded them for 14 days police custody.

A huge crowd had gatherd at the court when the accude were produced. Police had a tough time in controlling the violent crowd. Angry workers later turned aginst the media people. A few cameremen were injured in attack. CPIM activists later took out a rally in Vatakara, protesting against the arrest.

Yesterday, the SIT had arrested Sijith, who allegedly hacked Chandrasekharan to death. He was an accomplice of Kodi Suni the prime accused in the case.
Chandrasekharan a former CPM leader in the party stronghold Onjiyam was murdered at Vallikkad near Vatakara on May 4.