A recent letter from the Kerala Prisons and Correctional Services department seeking a report on potential security issues central to the “possible release on parole” of Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] “activists” serving time for the 2012 murder of Revolutionary Marxist Party (RMP) leader T.P. Chandrasekharan in Kozhikode has sparked a political row in Kerala.
RMP leader and Chandrasekharan’s wife, K.K. Rema, MLA, told reporters in Kozhikode that the wording of the letter was intriguing. “It does not mention parole. It says release (viduthal). The letter is the latest in a series of sly attempts by the CPI(M) to circumvent the Kerala High Court’s order that the convicts serve a minimum of 20 years before the government entertains any plea for the remission of their life sentence”, she said.
