KOCHI: CPM leaders P Jayarajan and T V Shukur's mother Athikka filed a written counter-argument in the Ernakulam CBI court demanding that there is evidence indicating that both were involved in the Ariyil Shukur murder case and that the plea filed by them should be rejected. The court adjourned the plea filed by Jayarajan and Rajesh to September 8th.

The murder took place on February 20, 2012. The case alleges that the Youth League activist, Shukur was killed by CPM activists T V Rajesh and P Jayarajan in retaliation for Muslim League activists attacking the car in which Jayarajan was traveling. Shukur was fatally stabbed in a field in Keezhara. Initially investigated by the police and later by the CBI, a charge sheet was filed against 33 people including Jayarajan and T V Rajesh.