By TCN News,
New Delhi: A group of individuals who describes themselves as “well wishers of the Left movement” has written a letter to Prakash Karat, General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) asking him to make public report of an internal inquiry to investigate the killing of T.P. Chandrashekharan.
Chandrashhekharan was a former Communist Party of India CPI(M) leader who was brutally hacked to death in Kozhikode in Kerala on May 4, 2012. He parted ways with CPI(M) to form Revolutionary Marxist Party. Needle of suspicion went to CPIM party workers, a charge denied by the communist party.
An internal investigation was ordered by the CPI(M) national leadership to investigate the role and participation of party members in the killing. The report has not been made public.
“This reluctance to make the report public naturally creates suspicion and anxiety that there is an attempt to shield those guilty of TPC’s murder.”
“As well wishers of the Left movement, we urge you to make public the report of the enquiry conducted internally by the CPI (M) into the murder. This gesture would be appreciated not only by TPC’s widow, KK Rema, who is fighting the legal battle for justice, but also by a wide section of Left and democratic forces.”
Letter is signed by:
Abhijit Kundu, Academic, Delhi
Ahmed Sohaib, Academic, Delhi
Anivar Aravind, Activist, Bangalore
Antara Dev Sen, Writer and editor, Little Magazine, Delhi
Dhananjay Tripathi, Academic, Delhi
Dunu Roy, Hazard Centre, Delhi
Gautam Bhan, writer and activist, Delhi
Harish Wankhade, Academic, Delhi
Harjeet S. Gill (Professor Emeritus, JNU)
Harsh Kapoor, Writer and Activist, SACW.net, Delhi
Indranil Chowdhury, Academic, Delhi
Jay N. Jayaram, Journalist, Bangalore
Jairus Banaji, Academic, Mumbai/ London
Jyoti Punwani, Journalist, Mumbai
Kiran Bhatty, Activist and researcher, Delhi
Maidul Islam, Academic, Simla
Manisha Sethi, Academic, Delhi
Mathew Jacob, Human Rights Researcher, Delhi
Mohammad Imran, The Moderates Forum
Mona Das, Academic, Delhi
Nabanipa Bhattacharya, Academic, Delhi
Nandini Chandra, Academic, Delhi
Rohini Hensman, Academic, Mumbai
Sanghamitra Misra, Academic, Delhi
Satya Sivaraman, Writer and Filmmaker, Delhi
Shohini Ghosh, Academic, Delhi
Shamshul Islam, Academic, Delhi
S.R. Darapuri, Retd. IPS/ Civil Rights Activist, Lucknow
Srinivasan Ramani, Writer and academic, EPW
Tanweer Fazal, Academic, Delhi