In 2011, there were 4 such cases, in 2012 it rose to 5 which further shot up to 6 such cases in 2013. A year later, in 2014, there were 6 such cases that were registered.
New Delhi: Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Wednesday said that the state has seen a fall in political killings from 2016. Taking to Twitter, the official handle of the chief minister’s office posted data that showed that there were 1522 such cases in 2017, as compared to 1768 cases in 2016.
“This is a proof of government’s success in its efforts. Government will coordinate efforts with the support of people and political parties to further improve the situation,” the tweet read. The CM’s office further said that there was a concerted campaign alleging that political violence is on the rise in Kerala.
“However, data on this separate the reality from propaganda. Cases relating to political homicide has come down to a total of 5 in 2017 from the previous count of 14 in 2016,” the office further said.
Data accessed by News18 via an RTI showed that Kerala had 12 cases of murders registered in 2015 that were committed for political reasons.
In 2011, there were 4 such cases, in 2012 it rose to 5 which further shot up to 6 such cases in 2013. A year later, in 2014, there were 6 such cases that were registered.
In October last year, the Kerala high court had asked the Pinarayi Vijayan government to respond on a PIL that demanded a CBI probe into political killings in Kannur. The last time CBI had investigated a political killing in Kerala was that of PDF activist Muhammad Fazal in 2006, in which eight CPM members, including Kannur district panchayat member and CPM district secretariat member Karayi Rajan, had been accused and arrested.
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