Malabar braces for TP verdict

Kozhikode: As the trial court is set to pass the verdict in the T.P. Chandrasekharan murder case on January 22,  the CPM, RMP and the police are making  preparations to meet any eventualities.

The CPM district committee has  asked  the local, area and branch-level committees to take  steps  to ensure peace on the day. The police  have called a high-level meeting of officials from Kannur district and Kozhikode rural police division on Friday and of the Kozhikode city on Saturday on tackling any emergency situation. 

ADGP (North Zone) N. Shanker Reddy told Deccan Chronicle that the police will enforce a foolproof security mechanism in all the trouble-prone  zones on the eve of the verdict. “We would hold a meeting of all officials concerned, including those in charge of the investigation,”  he said.

The CPM leadership has ruled out any vengeance or violence  on account of the verdict.  CPM district secretary T.P. Ramakrishnan told DC, “we may win or lose  the legal battle, but the party workers will not indulge in  violence. Earlier,  there were  chances of violence  as most of the party workers were enlisted as accused as part of a political conspiracy. But we have defused the situation through meetings,”  he added.

However, the RMP leadership is concerned about  possible violence. RMP leader K.S. Hariharan told DC that they have submitted a list of sensitive villages in Kozhikode and Kannur districts to the police. “We believe that the police will take  precautionary measures to avert any law and order problems,”  he added.