Rajeesh shifted after CPM leaders' visit

KANNUR: Even as an intelligence report warned of security issues arising out of CPM leaders' frequent visit to the central jail here where those accused of T P Chandrasekharan murder have been lodged, a team of party leaders visited T K Rajeesh on Saturday. Later in the day, he was shifted to Kozhikode.
The CPM leaders, including state committee members M V Jayarajan and party MLAs James Mathew, K K Narayanan, C Krishnan and T V Rajesh, visited the jail around 9.15am.After the visit, Jayarajan alleged that the prisoners were being tortured and DSP A P Shoukath Ali was keen on forcing Rajeesh name CPM leaders in connection with Jayakrishnan murder case.
The Jayakrishnan murder case was re-opened recently and DSP Ali has been tasked with heading the probe team.
"Wherever there is torture, Shoukath Ali is there. He has been brought to the crime branch with some clear agenda," alleged Jayarajan.
He said the CPM would take legal action against the crime branch for torturing Rajeesh with the intention of falsely implicating party leaders.
The CPM leaders' visit gained significance in the backdrop of the crime branch interrogating Rajeesh twice, on Wednesday and Friday, for more than seven hours.
Rajeesh was shifted to the Kozhikode district jail around noon under tight security. Though jail officials maintained that he was shifted on orders by the prison DGP, sources said the decision followed an intelligence report that the frequent visit of the CPM leaders to the jail was a matter of security concern.
The Jayakrishnan murder case was reopened after Rajeesh revealed that except CPM leader Acharaparampathu Pradeepan, the other accused were all 'dummies' who had no direct involvement in the crime. He made the revelation while being interrogated in the TP murder case.
Though Rajeesh told investigators that he, too, was part of the gang that hacked Jayakrishnan, he later changed the statement and filed a petition before the Thalasssery additional chief judicial magistrate court against the re-investigation of the case. The court, however, rejected the plea and gave the police permission to interrogate Rajeesh.