Some experiences stated the attackers posed as meals supply brokers, however police are but to substantiate this.
Chennai:
In a brazen assault, the Tamil Nadu chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party was hacked to dying by six bike-borne males close to his home in Chennai on Friday.
The six males attacked Armstrong when he was having a dialogue with a number of social gathering functionaries close to his home within the metropolis’s Sembium space after which fled. The household rushed him to a hospital, however he was declared introduced lifeless.
Police officers stated this might be a revenge homicide, linked to the killing of a gangster, Arcot Suresh, final 12 months. A senior police officer informed NDTV, “We are conducting an investigation. The murder seems to be linked to an earlier killing.”
Some experiences stated the attackers posed as meals supply brokers, however police are but to substantiate this.
The Sembium inspector of police has been tasked with cracking the case.
The opposition has hit out on the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu and stated the killing is proof of the deteriorating legislation and order state of affairs within the state.
Leader of Opposition Edappadi Palaniswamy stated, “What do I say when the state chief of a national party is murdered? The law and order is shameful. There is no fear of law or the police”.
A lawyer, Armstrong was elected to the Chennai Corporation Council in 2006. He shot to fame after he organised a mega rally in Chennai two years in the past and invited BSP chief Mayawati.
In a publish on X, Mayawati termed Armstrong a robust voice of Dalits and referred to as for the responsible to be punished.
“The gruesome killing of Mr K Armstrong, Tamil Nadu state Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president, outside his Chennai house is highly deplorable and condemnable. An advocate by profession, he was known as a strong Dalit voice in the state. The state Govt. must punish the guilty,” she wrote.