idukki cpi district secretary k k sivaraman has announced partylevel action against devikulam block standing committee chairman and cpi adimali mandalam committee member praveen jose for threatening a forest official the cpi leader from mankulam threatened valara deputy range officer siji muhammed after the latter arrested a roadside vendor for dumping waste inside the forest roadside vendor beeran kunju was arrested on august 14 for dumping tender coconut shells and plastic waste inside the forest then jose called up the official and threatened him in the audio of the conversation jose could be heard saying earlier i had beaten up a forest official and the department couldnt do anything against me dont create a chance for me to repeat the act tnn