Alappuzha : The investigation team on Wednesday submitted chargesheet in cases relating to murder of SDPI State Secretary Shan and BJP OBC Morcha State Secretary Adv Renjith Sreenivasan. In Renjith murder, the chargesheet is contained in 1100 pages and indicts 35 suspects while number of witnesses figure to 200.
Shan case chargesheet comprises 483 pages. There are 11 accused with charges ranging from conspiracy, murder and tampering with evidence, and a total of 143 witnesses. Shan’s case has been filed with Alappuzha Judicial First Class Magistrate Court II and Renjit’s case with Alappuzha Judicial First Class Court I.
The Murders
The back-to-back political murders of SDPI-BJP state leaders took place in a gap of less than 12 hours. On Saturday evening, Jan 19 this year, SDPI State Secretary KS Shan(38) was hacked to death by a gang of BJP workers. In retaliation, a 12-member gang of SDPI workers reached BJP OBC Morcha State Secretary Renjith Sreenivasan’s house in Alappuzha town early next morning and hacked him fatally in front of his mother and wife.
