T.P CHANDRASEKHARAN’S MURDER LEADERS CONDEMNS

 

T.P CHANDRASEKHARAN’S MURDER

LEADERS CONDEMNS

 K.K. Rema, wife of the slain Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) leader T.P. Chandrasekharan, has said that no leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) could escape from the guilt of the murder of her husband.In an open letter released to the media here on Saturday, Ms. Rema said that CPI(M) leaders could not get away from the blame by merely organising rallies. Chandrasekharan would not have been killed without the knowledge of the CPI(M) leadership. Those who wanted the culprits to be booked have started threatening the investigation team when the needle of suspicion turned towards them. The people should know who murdered Chandrasekharan, she said.She alleged that the CPI(M) leadership had attempted to kill Chandrasekharan several times with the RMP getting support from the people.

Finally with the help of a hit gang they hatched a conspiracy and killed him. Though CPI(M) leaders have been saying that they had no role in the murder, those nabbed for the crime are party workers, Ms. Rema said.Now it is confirmed that CPI(M) leaders from Kannur had been involved in the criminal conspiracy and they had sheltered the killers.This has made the CPI(M) leadership jittery and they are now unleashing a propaganda to hoodwink party workers and sympathisers. Their aim is to torpedo the ongoing investigation, she added.

 Congress leader K. Sudhakaran, MP, has said that the life of N.K. Sunil Kumar alias Kodi Suni, the prime accused in the murder case of Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) leader T.P. Chandrasekharan, could be under threat as the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] had the practice of killing key accused and witnesses in cases involving the party leadership.Mr. Sudhakaran said that the CPI(M) would not hesitate to kill its hired killers so that their leaders could escape the clutches of law.He also charged the CPI (M) with intimidating the Special Investigation Team for arresting their party functionaries. Mr. Sudhakaran said that CPI (M) Kannur district secretary P. Jayarajan had a role in the murder case.The Congress leader also alleged that the CPI(M) State unit secretary Pinarayi Vijayan had full knowledge of the conspiracy.

No one will be able to influence the probe into the murder of RMP leader T.P. Chandrasekharan and the investigation is proceeding in the right direction, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said here on Saturday.He was responding to questions from mediapersons about the alleged attempt by Union Minister K. V. Thomas to save a few culprits.“One thing is sure: none will escape the dragnet of the law. Everybody must cooperate with the police in unveiling the truth,” he asserted.The probe is proceeding in the right direction and this is crucial to ensure the rule of law, Mr. Chandy said. Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee president Ramesh Chennithala on Saturday alleged that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was levelling charges against Union Minister of State for Home Mullapally Ramachandran in order to divert public attention from the role of its leaders in the T.P. Chandrasekharan murder case.In a statement here, Mr. Chennithala defended Mr. Ramachandran by stating that the Congress would resist the attempts of the CPI(M) leadership's attempts to isolate him. Such attempts to deride the Union Minister were the outcome of the fear to face an impartial probe and to sabotage the investigation process. The party's role in the murder was coming out in the open every day. The reactions of several of the party leaders showed that the CPI(M) was becoming desperate. The people had already realised the involvement of the party in the case and it could not wriggle out of its responsibility in such political violence, he said.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Prakash Karat has said the party will not tolerate any party worker found involved in the murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) leader T.P. Chandrasekharan. Addressing a function organised at Kallyassery in connection with the eighth death anniversary of former Chief Minister E.K. Nayanar, Mr. Karat said the CPI(M) did not subscribe to the idea of killing its opponents.Demanding that there should be a fair and impartial inquiry into the ‘heinous' murder of the former CPI(M) leader at Onchiyam, he said if any party worker was found involved in the killing, the party would take it seriously.“It is an act that will not be tolerated,” he said adding that firm action would be taken if party workers were found to have involvement in the killing.In his first reaction to the murder of Chandrasekharan, which has put the CPI(M) leadership in the State in the dock in the wake of arrests of party workers in connection with the investigation into the killing, Mr. Karat said the party would take all measures to correct aberrations. He said the party condemned the heinous killing of Chandrasekharan unreservedly. But the Congress and the UDF were utilising the murder to unleash a vicious campaign to portray the party as a party of killers, he said. “The manner in which the probe was being carried out is a glaring example of political vendetta against the CPI(M),” he added.

Union Minister of State for Home Mullappally Ramachandran's repeated statements that CPI(M) leaders should be held responsible for the murder amounted to interference in the investigation, Mr. Karat said, adding that the Congress leadership was out to reap political benefits out of the murder.He also said there had been concerted efforts to deface the party in Kannur district. There were efforts to portray a one-sided picture of political violence in the district, he said, adding that those who cannot isolate and defeat the CPI(M) politically were attempting to destroy the party by presenting a distorted picture of the CPI(M).Party cadres in the district had rebuffed attempts of the Congress and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to attack the party, he said adding that the party did not believe in using weapons to kill its political opponents. “Our greatest weapon is the Marxist ideology,” he added.Home Minister Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan on Saturday mounted a scathing attack on a section of CPI(M) leadership who according to him, was trying to stonewall the investigation into the murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) leader T.P. Chandrasekharan and made it clear that such tactics would not be tolerated.According to him, there was a concerted effort to create an impression that there was division in the investigation team and also to demoralise individual police officers in the team. “The government cannot allow any such move from any quarters for intervention in the investigation,” Mr. Radhakrishnan said.The Home Minister said that all sections of people, including the victim's wife and those in the LDF wanted the investigation to bring out the truth. “However, ever since the investigation entered a crucial phase the ‘Kannur lobby' is trying to intervene in the investigations,” Mr. Radhakrishnan alleged.“Now, it is nearly two weeks since the offence was committed. There had been no allegations of division in the investigation team or allegations against investigating officers till the investigation entered the crucial phase,” he said. There was an effort to create the impression that those being booked by the police could be freed through political pressure and also to create bottlenecks in the investigation, Mr. Radhakrishnan said and added that both were offences under Indian Penal Code (IPC).

He reiterated the stance that the bail given to one of the accused on Friday was not under pressure by the agitating CPI(M) activists and said the accused was called to the police station for questioning. He was later set free on bail as he was booked under Section 212 of Indian Penal Code, which was a bailable offence.If the CPI(M) leadership believed that they would be able to influence the investigation through political arm twisting, they were mistaken. Such efforts would lead to lawlessness which the government would not be able to accept, he said.“As Home Minister, I will in no way intervene in the investigation. But that does not mean some others  will be allowed to intervene,” he said.The Minister defended the professional credentials of the members of the investigating team and said officers, including ADGP Vinson M. Paul, Assistant Inspector General of Police Anup Kuruvialla John, and Rural SP Rajmohan had received accolades from the LDF government. (Ref: Hindu20th May,2012)

Prof. John Kurakar