Munna murder case: ex-MLA's brother held

By Our Staff Reporter

PALAKKAD, NOV. 24. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Mr. Parakottil Vijayan, brother of the former CPI MLA from Mannarkkad, Mr. P. Kumaran, as one of the key accused in the sensational Munna murder case which took place at Roopasserikunnu in Srikrishnapuram police station area late night on April 11, 1992.

The CBI had taken Mr. Vijayan, Mr. Kumaran and his son, Sudheer, abkari-turned-businessman, to New Delhi for polygraph test twice recently.

The local police and the Crime Branch who had inquired into the case had failed to find any clue into the killing of Munna, an abkari contractor from Thrissur, who took in auction some liquor shops in the Mannarkkad area where Mr. Vijayan was controlling the trade.

The CBI investigation made the breakthrough at a time when the case was not having enough clues even after seven extensions in the case.

The case was that on April 10, Munna had checked into a lodge at Mannarkkad and the next day at Perinthalmanna.

On April 11 late night, a Gurkha, Sunil Kumar, who was employed at the house Mr. Kumaran saw a car burning and he informed the police.

The local police was also informed about three youths who had given information about three phone numbers outside Palakkad from a telephone booth in the early hours of April 12 before the police came to know about the murder of Munna.

There were allegations that the local police did not investigate the case properly and there were some conspiracy to hamper the investigation.

They found the case as one of suicide. Though the case was handed over to the Crime Branch, it also could not crack the case.

When the case was all set to be written off as a case of suicide, the father of the deceased, Mr. Gangadharan, went to the High Court which ordered the CBI inquiry.

It is learned that the CBI probe found some vital clues which showed that Munna was burnt alive and from the spot where his car was burnt his wrist watch, a ring bearing the name of his wife and footwear were missing.

The CBI also was successful in locating the Gurkha who had left the country for Nepal on the eve of the CBI taking over the case.

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