KOCHI: CPM strongman and Kannur district secretary P Jayarajan has been named as an accused in a supplementary charge sheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in the sensational murder of RSS Kannur activist Kathiroor Manoj in 2014.
The supplementary charge sheet was filed by investigating officer Hari Omprakash in CBI court III in Kochi. Jayarajan is listed as accused number 25 in the case.
Five others are named as accused: Rajesh, Sunil Kumar, Mahesh, Sajilesh and Rakesh, all of whom were allegedly involved in the conspiracy and abetment of the crime.
The CBI had earlier filed the first charge sheet in the case, listing 19 people as accused and 200 as witnesses.
Kathiroor Manoj was hacked to death by a group of CPM workers on September 1, 2014. According to officials, the charge sheet says the accused conspired against Manoj following the exodus of CPM party workers to the BJP in Kannur.
The case was initially probed by the Crime Branch of the Kerala police but was later entrusted to the CBI.