Thiruvananthapuram: The special investigation team which has been looking after the ‘high level conspiracy' behind the murder of RMP leader T.P. Chandrasekharan has quizzed CPM activist Vikraman accused in the murder of RSS leader Kathiroor Manoj.  

The mobile (phone) call records of Vikraman prior to Chandrasekharan's murder on May 4, 2012 showed that he was in constant touch with a prominent CPM leader in Kannur district as well as two members of the killer gang who were involved in the TPC murder.

 
Based on this tip- off, a SIT (Special Investigation Team) team led by SP V.K. Akbar on Friday questioned Vikraman, who is now in the custody of the Crime Branch team probing the Manoj murder case in Kannur.
 
According to the highly placed sources, “The call record details showed that a top CPM district leader contacted Vikraman and the latter subsequently contacted two members of the killer gang. The members of the killer gang involved in the TPC murder were drawn from two separate gangs. The gang members were pooled over a period of two weeks over phone calls.”
 
Previously, Vikraman was a close assistant of CPM Kannur district secretary P. Jayarajan. He too was involved in many of the political attack cases. His name had also figured in the K.T. Jayakrishnan murder case of 1999.
 
The SIT had earlier got evidence regarding the presence of killer gang member ‘Kirmani' Manoj all through the wee hours of April 9, 2012, the concluding day of the CPM party congress in Kozhikode.
 
With the CBI declining the frequent request of the state government to take over the probe into the conspiracy behind the TPC murder, the SIT headed by ADGP north-zone Shankar Reddy has resumed the investigation.
 
Moreover, the plea of Rema for a CBI probe into the conspiracy involving CPM state leaders is still pending before the court. The SIT is even planning to interrogate senior CPM leaders in due course.