KOCHI, March 29 -- Hardly a fortnight after the Kerala Government's claim that the recently held Global Investors Meet at Kochi resulted in signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to the tune of '1.5 lakh crore with investors, an entrepreneur in the State has come out with a statement that he was on the verge of suicide following the threats issued by the ruling CPI(M).

C Jayaprakash, proprietor, Prakash Steels and Cements at Kulappulli in Palakkad district was in the news recently when workers affiliated to the CPI(M) put up a shed in front of his business premises blocking customers from entering the outlet. The Marxists were furious over Jayapakash's decision to install an automatic loading and unloading machine in his premises for...