Kottayam: East police have arrested AV Sreekumar, former Manager of Publications, DC Books, in connection with the controversy regarding the leakage of portions from the autobiography of CPM central committee member and former LDF convener EP Jayarajan. According to the police, Sreekumar was found responsible for the leakage of portions from the autobiography. He was Arrested and later released on station bail.

On the day of polling of byelections to Wayanad LokSabha constituency and Alathur assembly, EP Jayarajan had landed in a soup following a news paper report and then a barrage of news stories aired through news channels in connection with his autobiography titled ‘kattan chayayum parippu vadayum’. The news reports contained some contents quite harmful to the CPM, which was denied vehemently by EP Jayarajan.

Jayarajan vouched that, the portions circulated in the social media and channels have nothing to do with his upcoming autobiography. He had said that, though he had been working on his autobiography, it was not finished and he had not decided anything regarding who would be the publisher of the book.

Later, he filed a complaint with the police and an investigation was launched. As the incident had turned out to be a hot political controversy, DC Books had susupended Sreekumar from the post of Publications Manager.