A court in Kerala on Monday sentenced eight CPI(M) workers to life imprisonment for killing a Bharatiya Janata Party worker in this district nearly two decades ago.
Thalassery Principal Sessions Judge KT Nisar Ahammed had on Friday found nine CPI(M) workers guilty in the case registered on the murder of BJP worker Elambilayi Suraj.
While eight persons were given life imprisonment and fined ₹50,000 each, another convict was sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment and was fined ₹25,000.
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Among those found guilty is TK Rajeesh, who is already serving a prison sentence in the TP Chandrasekharan murder case of 2012.
According to the prosecution, Suraj was murdered due to political rivalry after leaving the CPI(M) and joining the BJP.
Rajeesh and PM Manoraj, sentenced to life, were named in the case based on Rajeesh's statement to the police following his arrest in Mumbai in connection with the TP Chandrasekharan murder case.
Manoraj is the brother of PM Manoj, press secretary to the Kerala Chief Minister.
According to the prosecution, on 7 August 2005 at 8.40 am, a group arrived in an autorickshaw in front of the Muzhappilangad telephone exchange and hacked Suraj to death.
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