Born in Onchiyam, a rural village in Kozhikode district in Kerala, he posthumously shot to national prominence after he was hacked to death on 4 May 2012; CPI(M)'s local organization is widely blamed as the perpetrator of the murder.

[4] In the 2009 local body, [clarification needed] he led his newly formed Revolutionary Marxist Party to victory at his home panchayat in Onchiam and nearby villages.

Chandrasekharan had 55 wounds on him, deep incisions inflicted by sharp weapons, such as swords, on the head and face.

[7] The Special investigation team probing the murder case nabbed three prime suspects accused including Kodi Suni, Muhammad Shafi and Kirmani Manoj from a hideout near Iritty in June 2012.

Kodi Suni and others had been hiding at Peringanammala, a hillock surrounded by strongholds of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

KK Rema, Chandrasekharan's wife said she was not fully satisfied with the verdict, yet it had exposed the role of the CPI(M) in Kozhikode and Kannur districts hatching a plot to kill her husband.

[12] His widow K. K. Rema won the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election for becoming MLA of Vatakara Constituency by the support of the main opposition coalition - United Democratic Front (U.D.F.