Two, including SFI leader, nabbed in Ramith murder
Ramith Kollanandi, an RSS worker, was killed at Pinarayi on October 12.
Kozhikode: The police on Tuesday arrested two more persons in connection with the murder of RSS worker Ramith Kollanandi at Pinarayi on October 12. They are prime accused P.M. Akhil, 25, and key accomplice Prayag, 21. Akhil is member of SFI state committee and CPM Pinarayi area committee and son of Aravindan, ‘Saradas,’ Pinarayi. Prayag is son of Chandran, Vadakkepurayil, Kumbala Bazaar. Seven persons were arrested so far in connection with the case in which Ramith, a lorry driver, was hacked to death in retaliation for the murder of CPM Kuthuparamba local committee member Kuzhichalil Mohanan on October 10.
The accused will be produced before the Judicial First Class Magistrate Court, Thalassery, on Wednesday. Thalassery DySP Prince Abraham said that Akhil had plotted the murder, arranged the killers and brought them to the spot. Prayag rode one of the three bikes used by the killers to the spot, said the police. With the arrest of Akhil, the conspiracy behind the murder of Ramith has been uncovered, police said.