Kannur: A top Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader landed in trouble on Tuesday after she was found taking photographs inside a courtroom during the trial of the 2016 murder case of party activist C.V. Dhanaraj.

The incident took place at the Thaliparamba District Sessions Court in Kannur, where the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)–Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activists, allegedly accused in the case, were present for the hearing.

During the proceedings, K.P. Jyothi, former Vice-Chairperson of the Payyannur Municipality and a prominent CPI-M functionary, allegedly took photographs of the accused using her mobile phone.

Noticing this, the presiding judge immediately directed the police personnel present in court to take her into custody.

Court proceedings prohibit the use o

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