Probe hints at political rivalry

  • | Monday | 18th February, 2019

“Though it appears to be a political murder, we cannot conclusively say anything as of now, because the investigation is in the preliminary stage,” said Kasaragod district police chief A Srinivas. He also said that it has been mentioned in the FIR that local CPM leader Peethambaran had threatened the deceased and now he has gone into hiding. The bodies were cremated at a plot owned by Sarath Lal’s relative, near Govt Higher Secondary School, Kalliyot late at night.Congress leaders, including KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran and opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, visited the families of the youths. Kannur: A day after the murder of two Youth Congress workers, Kripesh, 19, and Sarath Lal, 21, at Periya in Kasaragod, the special investigation team started the investigation which indicated that the double murder was the result of political rivalry.According to Pradeep Kumar, DSP, crime detachment cell, who is heading the probe team, prima facie there was no other reason other than political rivalry which could lead to such a gory incident. “Barring a few incidents of vandalism, the law and order condition is under control and the hope is that the killers would be nabbed very soon,” he added.In the FIR, the complainants have named the CPM and Kripesh’s father has also pointed fingers at the local leaders.Bodies crematedThe bodies were handed over to the relatives after autopsy at Pariyaram Medical College Hospital around Monday noon, and were taken in procession to their native place for cremation.

Kannur: A day after the murder of two Youth Congress workers, Kripesh, 19, and Sarath Lal, 21, at Periya in Kasaragod, the special investigation team started the investigation which indicated that the double murder was the result of political rivalry.According to Pradeep Kumar, DSP, crime detachment cell, who is heading the probe team, prima facie there was no other reason other than political rivalry which could lead to such a gory incident. He also said that it has been mentioned in the FIR that local CPM leader Peethambaran had threatened the deceased and now he has gone into hiding. However, as of now he has not been named an accused, he said.“Though they were named accused in the attack on Peethambaran last month, and one of them had been in judicial remand, there were no criminal cases against them other than this,” the officer said.In many manners this murder resembles the murder of S P Shuhaib last year in Mattannur, police said.Though a few CPM workers have been detained, they have no connection with the murder and are being questioned in the hope that they would be able to shed some light into the murders, police said. “Though it appears to be a political murder, we cannot conclusively say anything as of now, because the investigation is in the preliminary stage,” said Kasaragod district police chief A Srinivas. “Barring a few incidents of vandalism, the law and order condition is under control and the hope is that the killers would be nabbed very soon,” he added.In the FIR, the complainants have named the CPM and Kripesh’s father has also pointed fingers at the local leaders.Bodies crematedThe bodies were handed over to the relatives after autopsy at Pariyaram Medical College Hospital around Monday noon, and were taken in procession to their native place for cremation. The bodies were cremated at a plot owned by Sarath Lal’s relative, near Govt Higher Secondary School, Kalliyot late at night.Congress leaders, including KPCC president Mullappally Ramachandran and opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala, visited the families of the youths.

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