Kochi / Kasaragod: Kochi CBI court ordered transfer of 11 CPM activists accused in Kannur Central Jail to Viyyur Central Jail in Periya double murder case.Court ordered transfer of all accused to Viyyur Central Jail after Kannur Jail Superintendent was summoned to the court and sought an explanation regarding the incident of providing palliative treatment to some of the accused including the first accused Peethambaran at the Kannur Ayurvedic hospital without the permission of the court Ordered The jail authorities had decided to form a special medical board and admit the first defendant and CPM leader A Peethambaran to Kannur Ayurveda Hospital from 24th of last month and gave him 40 days of convalescent treatment. No prior permission of the court was sought for this. The court also directed that the first accused Peethambaran, who is currently being treated at the Kannur Ayurveda Hospital, should be examined by a special medical board at the Kozhikode Medical College Hospital and the report of the Kannur Jail Superintendent should be submitted to the court. CBI on the 28th of this month.
11 CPM workers have been in the Kannur Central Jail since February 22, 2019 in the case of brutal hacking to death of Youth Congress workers Kallyote Sarath Lal and Kyapesh on the night of February 17, 2019. The Crime Branch, which investigated the case was earlier, arrested 14 people. The court granted bail to the 14th accused former MLA KV Kunhiraman, the 13th accused Kanhangad Block Panchayat President K. Manikanthan and local secretary Periya CPM Balakrishnan. After this, the CBI took over the investigation and arrested 10 accused. They are now in Kakkanad Jail. 24 have been charged in the case. The accused in Kannur Central Jail are treated like VIPs with the connivance of the party leadership using the influence of the administration, making frequent phone calls from the Central Jail and getting medical treatment under the influence of the officials, the person who accused is transferred. to Vieyur Central Jail.
