The brutal murder of CPI(M) renegade and Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) leader TP Chandrasekharan (52) of On chiyam in Kozhikode district late on Friday has put the Marxist party, which has along history of pursuing violent methods in the Malabarregion, especially in Kozhikodeand Kannur districts, in a political trap .Chandrasekharan was killed by a group about 10.15pm, when he was returning home on a motorcycle. The killers came in a Innova and hacked him after throwing bombs to scare away people who tried to prevent
the attack. Chandrasekharan’s face had become unidentifiable. The police said the killers attacked him on the head, face and arms at least 50 times. On chiyam, known for its history of communist struggles, has been witnessing Marxist violence ever since Chandrasekharan and loyalists left CPI(M) to form RMP in 2008.The Congress-led ruling UDF, which blamed the CPI(M) for the murder, observed a State-wide dawn-to dusk shutdown in protest. A special investigation team of the Kerala Police launched a full-fledged probe even as the CPI(M) denied any role. There is now immense political pressure on the CPI(M), especially in context of the police’s recent finding that the party was even annihilating its political enemies after holding “trials” in party courts, as in the killing of Muslim League activist Abdul Shukoor (21) of Pattuvam in Kannur on February 20.“As Chief Minister, I don’t want to say anything about those involved in the killing but everyone has a fair idea of who
could be behind this brutality, ”said Chief Minister Oommen Chandy in obvious reference to the CPI(M) while State Congress chief Ramesh Chennithala alleged that the murder was committed with the knowledge of the State leadership of the CPI(M).“The murder and subsequent allegations are part of a huge conspiracy aimed at hunting our party down,” said State CPI(M) secretary PinarayiVijayan on Saturday. “It seems that professional killers hired by the UDF are behind the murder,” he said. Kozhikode district CPI(M)chief TP Ramakrishnan denied any party involvement.
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