Ex-CPI(M) leader gets death sentence for killing Cong leader
Former CPI(M) leader R Byju was handed a death sentence on Saturday for the murder of Congress ward president KS Divakaran in 2009. Byju had attacked Divakaran and his family with a wooden rod following an argument over the price of a coir mat. Byju's name was included in the investigation after Congress staged an agitation.