The five CPI (M) workers accused of killing KT Jayakrishnan, state vice president of BJP Yuva Morcha, have been awarded death sentence by Thalassery Session Judge today. Pradeepan (32), Sundaran (40), Shaji (30), Dinesh Babu (29), and KK Anil Kumar (32) are the five CPI (M) workers who were awarded the death sentence by the court.
Accused number-five in the case, Rajan (35), was acquitted by the court. Another accused was found dead while the trial was in progress. KT Jayakrishnan, a school teacher, was hacked to death in December 1999 in his classroom in front of his students. The Additional Sessions Judge KK ChandraDas today gave the verdict on the case, which had created a storm in the state political circles.
The verdict was given amidst tight
security arrangement made by the police to maintain law and order in the
region.