India, Aug. 13 -- CPI(M) state secretary M.V. Govindan on Thursday, August 13, alleged that Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan had known one of the accused in a Kasaragod MDMA case since 2021, escalating the party's attack on the chief minister over the arrest of a Youth Congress activist.

Govindan's remarks came shortly after Satheesan denied claims that one of the accused, Muhammad Hussain, was his social media coordinator. Satheesan had said he knew both Hussain and the other accused.

Abdul Salam, and that Hussain, a Youth Congress activist, had been injured in a police lathi charge in Perumbavoor during the Nava Kerala Sadas led by then-Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Satheesan said he later visited Hussain's home after party workers re...