KANNUR: Senior Congress leader K Sudhakaran will stage a 48-hour hunger strike in front of the collectorate at 10 am on Monday in protest against the alleged police laxity in nabbing the actual culprits in the murder of Youth Congress leader Shuhaib.
Blasting the police apathy and ineptitude, Sudhakaran said the Congress will intensify the agitation if the police failed to make progress in this case. ‘We don’t expect any justice from this police. It is M V Jayarajan, PS to the CM, who controls the police in Kannur from Thiruvananthapuram. The hands of police are tied and they are waiting for orders from the CPM. We demand an independent agency investigate the case,” he told reporters.
“We won’t allow the police and CPM to reduce the investigation to the four people they have taken into custody. A big conspiracy was being hatched by CPM leaders to eliminate Shuhaib. On the day of the murder, CPM leaders roamed the pocket roads of Edayannur in different vehicles. We suspect this was to ensure the assailants to the safehouses. This should also be investigated. Till now, no police team went to Shuhaib’s house which is in the vicinity of Mattannur police station,” he said.
One more sword found
KANNUR: A day after the police found a sword from a bush near a quarry at Velliyamparambu, another sword was found on Friday, this time hidden in a compound wall of a shuttle badminton court at Sivapuram Vembadithattu. The sword was found by pedestrians. Malur SI T K Shiju and team reached the spot and seized the sword.
Bombs seized
KANNUR: A police team led by Muzhakkunnu SI Rajesh on Friday seized four bombs, three steel pipes and three iron pipes hidden under a culvert on Thillankeri Road. This is the third time this month bombs are seized from the same region. Four days ago, cops seized two steel bombs and two country bombs with some steel from a vacant house at Mambaram.