Top CPM Leader Facing Threat To Life, Says Leaked Kerala Police Circular

According to the instruction, CPM Kannur district secretary P Jayarajan is facing a threat from a 'hit team' allegedly led by an RSS activist

Kerala | Reported by , Edited by | Updated: March 18, 2018 13:18 IST
Top CPM Leader Facing Threat To Life, Says Leaked Kerala Police Circular

The police have made arrangements to ensure safety of CPM leader P Jayarajan.

Kannur:  A leaked Kerala police circular to all police stations in Kannur has warned that CPM Kannur district secretary P Jayarajan is facing a threat to his life. According to the instruction, Mr Jayarajan is facing a threat from a 'hit team' allegedly led by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activist Pranood Babu. The officers have been directed to ensure safety of the CPM leader. The circular also underscores that the plan reportedly has the blessings of the RSS leadership.

The police have made arrangements to strengthen security at all places Mr Jayarajan is likely to visit.

Speaking to NDTV, newly elected BJP lawmaker to Rajya Sabha V Muraleedharan said, "This is a ploy of the CPM's Left government in Kerala which is using the police to further its narrative. Neither the BJP nor the RSS believe in the policy of annihilating their opponents."

The CPM is concocting this threat story in its bid to bail out their Kannur cpm leader who has lost his face after the recent gruesome attack on youth Congress worker Shuhaib, Mr Muraleedharan added.

Mr Jayarajan, a victim of political violence himself, is an accused in the murder of RSS worker Manoj and is currently out on bail. The CBI had claimed that Mr Jayarajan, the 25th accused in the murder of Manoj, was the brain behind the killing.

Manoj, 42, a district functionary of RSS, was hacked to death in Kannur's Kathiroor in September 2014, allegedly by a group of CPM workers. Mr Manoj's murder was seen as a revenge killing as he was accused of his involvement in an attack on Mr Jayarajan almost two decades ago.

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And now, the RSS activist is reportedly seeking revenge for Manoj's murder.

Kerala's Kannur district has been infamous for political violence between the RSS, the BJP's ideological mentor, and CPM, with a history running over three decades. Tension often sneaks into the area with rival parties accusing each other of poaching workers resulting in an alleged loss of lives.

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