NIA suspects Vijith Vijayan used to translate radical literature to Malayalam

Express News Service
KOCHI: The  National Investigation Agency (NIA) suspects that 26-year-old Vijith Vijayan, who was arrested on Thursday in reference to the Pantheerankavu Unlawful Atrocities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case, was working with the publication wing of the banned CPI (Maoist) organisation and used to translate radical Maoist literature from English to Malayalam.

Vijith, who has been named the fourth accused within the case, had additionally allegedly performed a key position in propagating the unconventional ideology amongst youths. Meanwhile, the company has arraigned Vijith’s pal Eldho Wilson, who’s but to be arrested, because the fifth accused.

The case pertains to the arrest of scholars Thwaha Fasal and Alan Suhaib from Pantheerankavu in November 2019, for allegedly holding a clandestine Maoist assembly exterior a store in Kozhikode. The third accused C P Usman, who remains to be absconding, purportedly managed to flee when the police patrolling workforce reached the spot. 

The case drew main flak for the ruling Left authorities after the police charged the UAPA towards the arrested duo. In September final yr, the NIA courtroom had granted bail to Alan and Thwaha, just for the Kerala High Court to cancel the latter’s bail on January 4 this yr.The NIA produced Vijith, who’s allegedly an in depth affiliate of the three accused within the case, on the NIA Court on Friday. He has been remanded in judicial custody until February 19. On Monday, the courtroom will think about the company’s petition looking for custody of Vijith.

According to sources within the company, Vijith is a BTech graduate and has labored as a trainer in tuition centres. “Our investigation has revealed that he is an active cadre of the CPI (Maoist) organisation and maintained close contact with leaders of the banned outfit. He is also suspected to be part of the publication wing of the CPI (Maoist) party and apparently translated Maoist literature from English to Malayalam,” an NIA official stated.