New Delhi, June 28
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan suspended three prison officials in Kannur Central jail over seeking police reports for the remission of the CPM workers serving life sentences in the TP Chandrasekharan murder case.
Those suspended include Kannur Jail Superintendent S Sreejith, Assistant Superintendent BG Arun, and Prison Officer OV Raghunath.
As per the case detals, despite a court order stating that they are not entitled to any leniency before serving a 20-year prison sentence, the prison officials sought police reports for their early release. According to the law, before giving a remission to a convict, seeking a report from the police is compulsory.
Chandrasekharan, the founder of the Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP), was hacked to death in 2012. He had formed his own party after breaking ties with the CPI (M).
