Kannur. A court sentenced 05 CPM workers for the murder of KV Surendran. The five who have been sentenced are Kalesh, M. Lijesh, Akhilesh, K. Vineesh & Shaijesh.
Tellichery additional sessions court judge PN Vinod, however, discharged two others who were earlier arraigned as accused. Besides handing over a life term to the five accused he also ordered them to pay a fine of Rs one lakh each.
The 62-year-old KV Surendran, a goldsmith by profession, was hacked to death at his house near Tellichery when a gang of people attacked him with sharp weapons on March 7, 2008.
The police took the badly injured Surendran to hospital, but he succumbed to his injuries.