Another Politician Hacked To Death In Tamil Nadu, Cops Say Revenge Killing

C Balasubramanian alias Punk Bala, 50, was on a morning walk near his house when he was attacked in Madurai district 500km from state capital Chennai.

A police officer said Balasubramanian, who was Madurai district deputy secretary of the Tamil nationalist party NTK, may have been killed over a family dispute. Balasubramanian had multiple criminal cases registered against him including three in which he faces murder charges.

Tuesday’s brazen attack in the southern Tamil Nadu city comes days after Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Tamil Nadu unit chief K Armstrong was hacked to death near his house at Perambur in Chennai on July 5. On Sunday, K Thiruvengadam (33), one of the 11 people arrested in the case, was shot dead by the police when he was allegedly trying to escape.