By Scroll Staff
Bahujan Samaj Party’s Tamil Nadu unit president K Armstrong was assassinated on Friday night by a six-member gang in Chennai, reported The Indian Express.
The 47-year-old Dalit politician was killed while he was talking to friends and supporters near his house. The assailants attacked Armstrong with machetes and sickles and threatened anyone who attempted to intervene.
The police are unsure of the motive behind the murder.
The gang had arrived on three motorbikes around 7 pm to attack Armstrong.
The assailants were arrested by the police overnight, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said in a post on X on Saturday.
“I would like to convey my deepest condolences to Armstrong’s party, family, relatives and friends who are bereaved and I have ordered the police to conduct the investigation into the case expeditiously and bring the culprits to justice as per the law,” he said.
On Friday, senior Chennai police officer Asra Garg said that eight suspects were detained and ten teams were formed to arrest the culprits, reported NDTV.
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