Pro-Hindu outfit member hacked to death near home in Tamil Nadu's Tiruppur
A 30-year-old functionary of Hindu Munnani, a pro-Hindu outfit in Tamil Nadu, was murdered near his residence at Kumaranandhapuram in Tiruppur on Tuesday night.The victim, Balamurugan, served in the legal wing of the Hindu Munnani. Police said Balamurugan had stepped out of his house around midnight. Reportedly, around 4 am, three unidentified men allegedly surrounded him near his home and hacked him to death.advertisementFollowing the incident, district police rushed to the spot, collected CCTV footage from the vicinity, and launched an investigation to nab the attackers. Further details are awaited.
In July last year, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Tamil Nadu president K Armstrong was hacked to death by six unidentified people near his residence in Chennai's Perambur area.Following Armstrong's murder, eight people were arrested. Thiruvengadam, a history-sheeter who was allegedly involved in the murder of BSP state chief, was killed in a police encounter near Madhavaram in Chennai, police added. Another gangster involved in Armstrong's murder, Seizing Raja was also killed in a police encounter.A few days after the former BSP chief's murder, a Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) functionary was stabbed by bike-borne attackers in front of his home in Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore.advertisementFour men attacked Sivasankar, a cable TV operator, when he was standing in front of his house in Thirupapuliyur on Saturday. They hacked him and escaped from the spot. Visuals captured on a nearby CCTV show the attackers running with daggers.In 2016, a 40-year-old Hindu Munnani functionary was hacked to death by a four-member gang in Coimbatore. The National Investigation Agency (NIA), after its investigation, found that the murder was a case of mistaken identity. The original target was another Hindu Munnani member with the same name who had posted a social media post that was objectionable and hurt the sentiment of a particular community.- Ends
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