CPI(M) hiding accused in ‘murder’ of veterinary student, alleges Kerala Opposition Leader

Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has said CPI(M) which is “hiding” the accused in the death of J.S. Siddharth, a second-year student of the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Pookode in Wayanad district, should give them up.

Kerala’s Leader of the Opposition V.D. Satheesan has said that the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] which is “hiding” the accused in the death of J.S. Siddharth, a second-year student of the College of Veterinary and Animal Sciences at Pookode in Wayanad district, should “give them up.”

Addressing mediapersons in Kochi on March 2, Mr. Satheesan accused Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of “not having uttered a word” about the alleged “brutal murder” which has rattled all parents in Kerala.

He alleged that the Chief Minister, who had described the attack on Youth Congress activists at Kalyassery in Kannur during the Navakerala Sadas as “rescue work” and encouraged to continue that, was responsible for the “reign of terror unleashed by SFI and DYFI criminals.”

“The new-generation SFI and DYFI activists are on the same path as the CPI(M) leaders who publicly called for the murder of the late [RMP leader] T.P. Chandrasekharan,” he said.

Mr. Satheesan said the Congress will organise protests at all block headquarters on March 2 (Saturday) evening “seeking to protect Kerala from criminals.” This will be followed by indefinite hunger strikes led by presidents of the Kerala Students Union (KSU), Youth Congress and Mahila Congress at Thiruvananthapuram from March 4.

The Congress and the United Democratic Front (UDF) will go ahead with strong protests “for freeing parents of college students from their uncertainties,” he said.

Mr. Satheesan accused the SFI of trying to defame the deceased Siddharth and his family even after allegedly beating him up and hanging him.