T.P. Chandrasekharan
| T P Chandrashekaran | |
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| Founder Revolutionary Marxist Party | |
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| Born | 23 July 1961 Onchiyam, Calicut, India. |
| Died | 4 May 2012 |
| Political party | Revolutionary Marxist Party (Marxist) |
| Spouse(s) | K. K. Rema |
| Children | Abhinand |
T.P Chandrasekharan (2 July 1960 – 4 May 2012) was a local leader of a breakaway group of Communist Party of India (Marxist) in village Onchiyam in Kozhikode district in the Indian state of Kerala, who posthumously shot to national prominence after he was hacked to death on 4 May 2012. Chandrasekharan in 2009 had left the CPI(M) to form a splinter communist party called Revolutionary Marxist Party, and led his newly formed party to moderate success in local polls. Against this background his murder became a political cause celebre and CPI(M)'s local organization is widely blamed as the perpetrator.
TP at the age of 18 worked as CPI(M) branch secretary in Nellacery West Branch. At the time of emergency period Chandrasekharan was the Unit Secretary of SFI in Madappally High School. He also worked as the Central committee member of the Students' Federation of India (SFI). Later he was appointed District Secretary of DYFI Kozhikode.
Chandrasekharan was a follower of V S Achuthanandan while working with the CPI(M). Chandrasekharan left the mainstream socialist party CPI(M) in 2008 and worked on forming out a new political party under the name Revolutionary Marxist Party. In the 2009 local body, he led his newly formed Revolutionary Marxist Party to victory at his home panchayat in Onchiam and nearby villages.
T.P Chandrasekharan is survived by his wife, Rema, and his son, Abhinand (Nandu).
According to police, 51-year-old Chandrasekharan was attacked by assailants on 4 May 2012, who came by a car while he was riding a motorcycle alone while returning after participating in a wedding. Country-made bombs were hurled at him and when he fell off the motorcycle, he was hacked to death with sharp weapons mainly focusing his face.According to the postmortem reprt, he received 51 ante-mortem injuries. His face was badly disfigured due to high number of hacks on the face and subsequently was not identifiable to any locals and nobody attended Chandrashekar for an approximate 30 minutes after the incident. The body was left in pool of blood on the road for more than half an hour after which he was taken to the hospital by the police. A special police team has been formed to investigate the murder.
All the accused arrested so far are the leaders and supporters of Communist Party of India (Marxist), a national political party. It includes an area secretary, a prominent position in CPI (M) organizational hierarchy, more than two area committee members and a few local committee members. Another accused who is also an area committee member is reported to be missing once his involvement in the assassination is published in the media. TP Chandrasekharan who was an active member left this party in 2009 and formed a new party named Revolutionary Marxist Party which attracted a considerable number of people from the former group. This is believed to be the reason behind his elimination. There were six intelligence reports submitted warning that there will be an attempt on TP Chandrasekharan's life before his murder. The case is under consideration of Marad Special Court at Eranhipalam.
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