KANNUR: The investigation in connection with the murder of Youth Congress leader Shuhaib is going in the right direction and there is no political pressure on the police from the ruling party, said North Zone DGP Rajesh Dewan in Kannur on Monday.While briefing the media about the progress the police has made in the case, the DGP expressed confidence that more arrests will be made in the coming days and the police will have clear evidence about the culprits behind the murder.
Denying the reports that Akash Raveendran and Rajin Raj surrendered before the police, he said the two were nabbed by the police in the raids conducted at Tholambra on Sunday. “We conducted 55 raids in six days at different locations. We arrested them from this spot. The police can’t work according to the wishes of either the Congress party or the ruling party. What we are looking for is evidence to prove the crime. In the past year, no person was taken into custody on flimsy assumptions,” said Dewan.
The DGP said the arrested duo were involved in the crime. “In every crime, there will be a conspiracy. That conspiracy angle has to be proved with concrete evidence. More arrests will be made in the coming days. We have got some clinching leads regarding the others involved in the crime,” he said.He denied there was any laxity in the police investigation. “The theory that we are zeroing in on particular individuals is baseless. The arrested persons have criminal backgrounds and are affiliated to the CPM. The rest have to be proven in the coming days. We are not working on any assumptions. We will not fail in our duty to bring the culprits before the law.”
Backing the district police force, the DGP maintained the police have been exemplary in the investigation so far. He ruled out the possibility of the involvement of CPM prisoners who were on parole at the time the murder took place.
He also denied reports that information regarding the raids was being leaked to the culprits by the police themselves. “I can assure you no one in the police will betray our efforts. If anybody does such a thing, I will consider him a traitor who has no place in the police force.”Superintendent of Police G Shiva Vikram who was also present at the press conference denied reports there were rifts between him and the other officers on the investigation team. Kannur Range I G Mahipal Yadav was also present.
CPM worker hacked at Kuthuparamba
Kannur : A CPM worker was hacked by alleged RSS workers at Neerveli near Kuthuparamba on Monday. According to the police, Shajan, 42, of Kizhakke Kathirur, a milk vendor, was seriously injured in the attack which happened around 5 am on Monday as he was on his way to distribute milk in the area. An employee of Patyam Ksheerolpadaka Sahakarana Sangham, Shajan was attacked on the road near Neerveli Sreerama Swami temple by unidentified attackers. It was the police which reached the spot that took Shajan to the hospital. Though he was admitted to the Kuthuparamba Taluk Hospital, he was later taken to a private hospital in Kozhikode. The CPM alleged that the RSS was behind the attack.