Cops fan out for TP assailants

KOZHIKODE: The hunt for assailants of RMP leader T P Chandrasekharan reached Mahe on Monday when police raided a few uninhabited houses near Palloor police station. Though the move was based on a tip-off that the accused were hiding in the area, it did not yield the desired result.
Palloor is close to Chokli and Thalassery and is considered to be the hub of activities of gang leader Kodi Suni.The police action comes in the wake of information that the assailants, in their effort to avoid being spotted by the locals, have disbanded their team and are moving alone. They have also discarded their mobile phones and are using human couriers to communicate among themselves.
Meanwhile, police have succeeded in getting leads from party village in Thalassery, Panur and Koothuparamba. The political fallout after the RMP leader's murder has created chinks in the CPM citadels, which is being used by cops to gather intelligence and attain a breakthrough in the case.
The police teams that had gone to Maharashtra and Karnataka have sought the help of the local police to nab the culprits. Prominent among them are T K Rajeesh, from Patiam and P K Kunhanandan, the Panur area committee secretary.
Rajeesh has some business links in Maharashtra, where he had stayed for years. Kunhanandan has a few friends and relatives in some of the cities in Karnataka. Arresting the two is important to establish the political links in the murder case.