As of now, SIT has arrested 60 persons in connection with the T P Chandrasekharan murder. Out of these, eleven are CPM leaders from Kannur and Kozhikode districts.
CPM Kozhikode District Secretariat member P Mohanan, Kannur District Secretariat Member Karayi Rajan, Kozhikode District Committee member and Onchiyam Area Secretary C H Asokan, Area Committee members K K Krishnan, P K Kunjananthan, P P Ramakrishnan, Local Committee members K C Ramachandran, Padayankandi Raveendran, Jyothi Babu and Branch Secretaries E M Shaji and Vadakkayil Manoj are the party leaders arrested.
SFI Kannur District President Sarin Sasi, CPM Panur Area Committee Secretary Pavithran Master and CPM Koothuparamba Area Committee office secretary C Babu were arrested on charges of harbouring offender and later released on bail.