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politician P. Jayarajan who is an accused in the murder of Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) worker Kathiroor Manoj was discharged from
Kozhikode Medical College Wednesday morning
Jayarajan was taken to Kannur by road around 10 am,accompanied by a special police team from the A R Camp
. Earlier a medical team from Kannur had examined the CPI-M leader before recommending his discharge from the hospital.
Jayarajan, who suffers from a heart ailment, had been convalescing at Kozhikode Medical College.
Meanwhile, the CBI team that secured a three-day custody of the Marxist leader will interrogate him in Kannur jail.
The Thalassery principal sessions court had on Tuesday allowed the CBI three days of custodial interrogation of Jayarajan.
The court had also asked the Kannur jail superintendent to make all
arrangements for the CBI to interrogate Jayarajan for three days
starting on Wednesday.
The Thalassery court had on February 12 sent Jayarajan to a month's
judicial custody after he surrendered before the district sessions
court.
Soon after his surrender he was taken to the Kannur jail. From
there, owing to his ill-health, Jayarajan was first moved to a hospital
near Kannur and from there to the Kozhikode Medical College hospital
The CBI had been seeking since February 17 the court's direction to allow Jayarajan's custodial interrogation.
Jayarajan is former Kannur district secretary of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
He was booked by the CBI for conspiracy under Section 18 of the
Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), in the murder of RSS worker
Manoj.
The CBI had earlier claimed that Jayarajan, the 25th accused in the murder of Manoj, is the brain behind the killing.
Manoj, 42, a district functionary of RSS, was hacked to death at
Kathiroor in Kannur district of Kerala on September 1, 2014, allegedly
by a group of CPI-M workers.
Madurai: A court in Madurai has issued summons to superstar Rajinikanth and others asking them to appear before it on March 8 in connection with a suit filed against his film “Lingaa” on the charge that its storyline had been stolen from another script writer.
The Additional District Munsiff Court Judge also summoned K R Ravirathinam (plaintiff), film producer Rockline Venkatesh, B Ponkumar, Director K S Ravikumar and the General Secretary of South Indian Film Writers Association directing them to appear.
The Judge said the Madras High Court had last month directed him to complete the trial in the case within April 30 next and hence asked them to appear before his court Wednesday.
Passing orders on a petition by the film producer seeking transfer of the case to another court on grounds on prolonged delay in the trial, Justice V M Velumani of the high court had directed the Munsiff court to conclude the case within April 30.
The matter pertains to an allegation by plaintiff Ravi Rathinam of Madurai that his script was stolen by the makers of ‘Lingaa’.
He had moved the High Court which in December, 2014 ordered the producer to deposit a sum of Rs 5 crore by demand draft and another Rs 5 crore by way of bank guarantee before releasing the movie.
The producer complied with the court order as he needed to release the movie immediately and appealed against it in the Supreme Court which on March 20, 2015, directed him to furnish only Rs one crore as bank guarantee and also ordered the trial court to dispose the suit within six months.