The Kerala High Court on Tuesday observed that the only solution to stop the “bloodshed” in Kannur district, where seven persons were killed in CPI(M)-BJP clashes last week, was deployment of Central forces by the Union Government.The Central forces will not yield to political or plutocratic clout by those in power and not in power, the court observed, describing Kannur as a place where manslaughter is a “compelling sport”. The all-party peace missions are nothing but a “hoax” to “hoodwink” the “fickle-minded public”, the court said, expressing hope that there will be gubernatorial move to appraise the Central Government of the urgent need for permanent “prophylactic” action to curb further bloodshed and killings in Kannur. The observations were made by Justice V Ramkumar while handing over to the CBI the Mohammed Fazal murder case. Fazal, a newspaper vendor of 'Thejus' and supporter of a Muslim outfit — National Democratic Front — was killed on October 22, 2006 in Thalassery.The CB-CID had earlier informed the court that no one had been arrested in the case and there was no clue regarding the assailants. The court then entrusted the investigation to a Special Investigation Team headed by the Superintendent Police.
