Thiruvananthapuram: Some accused in the sensational Chandrasekharan murder case are suspected to have used mobile phones in their cells, as a sting by a TV channel claimed that they accessed their Facebook accounts.
The matter, which involves a serious violation of prison rules, was exposed through a sting operation by a Malayalam TV channel, sparking criticism against the Home Department from sections in the ruling Congress itself.
The channel also aired the photographs purportedly posted on Facebook by some of the key accused after they were lodged in the prison as undertrials.
Mr Chandrasekharan, who floated his own outfit RMP after quitting CPI(M), was hacked to death in May last year near his native village Onchiyam. Many of the accused in the case are local CPI(M) workers.
The channel also claimed that one of its reporters also made a call on the mobile phone of one of the accused and spoke to him for a while.
Home Minister Thiruvanchur Radhakrishnan said the Home Secretary and DGP (Prison) have been asked to inquire into the matter and submit a report urgently.
Reacting to the report, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Ramesh Chennithala and Congress MP from Kannur K Sudhakaran said what had been exposed was serious.
"This is a serious lapse. This warrants stern action. It also showed that the CPI(M) has formed its fraction even within prisons," Chennithala told reporters.
The matter, which involves a serious violation of prison rules, was exposed through a sting operation by a Malayalam TV channel, sparking criticism against the Home Department from sections in the ruling Congress itself.
The channel also aired the photographs purportedly posted on Facebook by some of the key accused after they were lodged in the prison as undertrials.
The channel also claimed that one of its reporters also made a call on the mobile phone of one of the accused and spoke to him for a while.
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Reacting to the report, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president Ramesh Chennithala and Congress MP from Kannur K Sudhakaran said what had been exposed was serious.
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