M.C. Anoop, the first accused in the T.P. Chandrasekharan murder case in Kerala, has been granted 20 days of parole under strict conditions. Anoop is a native of Chendayad at Panoor in Kannur and is lodged at the Kannur Central Jail. Prison authorities said the parole was a “routine, natural” one granted after serving three months in jail in accordance with rules. Other convicts in the case, Mohammed Shafi, Shinoj, and T.K. Rajeesh, returned to jail in recent days after their parole periods expired.