Five CPI(M) workers held in Periya murder case
The Hindu
CBI focusses on minutes of branch committee meet to zero in on accused
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) team investigating the Periya twin murder case arrested five Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] workers, including a branch secretary, on Wednesday.
The investigation into the murder of Youth Congress activists Kripesh and Sarath Lal, on February 17, 2019, at Periya, was referred to the CBI following a Kerala High Court order.
The CBI arrested branch secretary Raju, Surendran, Shasta Madhu, Hariprasad and Reji Varghese. All are from Echiladukkum, near Kalliot, where the murder was committed. The arrests were registered six months after the CBI had registered the case.
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