On February 12, the day Shuhaib was brutally murdered, Manoj Kumar, aka Kirmani Manoj, the second accused in the TP Chandrasekharan murder case, was out on parole. Thrissur: In a new twist to the investigation into the Mattannur Shuhaib murder case, it was revealed that three convicts in the T P Chandrasekharan murder case were out on parole on the day and the day after the Youth Congress functionary was hacked to death.
On February 12, the day Shuhaib was brutally murdered, Manoj Kumar, aka Kirmani Manoj, the second accused in the TP Chandrasekharan murder case, was out on parole.
While M K Sunil Kumar, aka Kodi Suni, the third accused, returned to jail after completing parole period the same evening, the first accused M C Anoop was released on parole the next morning.
Though there are regulations on grant of parole to the convicts of T P Chandrasekharan murder case at once, both Sunil Kumar and Manoj Kumar walked out on the same day.
Shuhaib was attacked around 11.30 pm on February 12. That day, Sunil Kumar was out on parole till 4 pm. The other two, Manoj Kumar and Anoop, who were released on January 24 and February 13 respectively, are still out on parole.
Sunil Kumar was granted parole on strict conditions that he cannot enter Kannur district. However, there were unconfirmed reports that he was spotted in Kannur during the parole period.
No police escort
It was for the first time Sunil Kumar and his gang were subjected to normal parole arrangements without any police escort.
They had been provided with strong police escort during the period of the leave previously. The arrangements made for them earlier was similar to paroles granted in an emergency in which the convicts would be under police escort round-the-clock and they are required to be lodged in a jail during the night.
Sunil Kumar and Manoj Kumar were granted parole for 15 and 30 days respectively. The three, including Anoop, are housed in cells that are close to each other in the ‘B’ Block at the Viyyur Central Jail.
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