He was speaking at a televised press conference at Thrissur to explain the defamation case filed by KSSP President Pappootty over an article that appeared in the Paadham magazine. His last words were \"The problem that KSSP had was with the language used by Padham. Firstly....\"Kerala Kaumudi left the space of its main headline blank showing respect to him and commented \"The death which doesn\'t have any title.\" Janashakthi weekly left its whole editorial page blank to show respect to him. His body was cremated with State honours in Kodungallur, Kerala.