The Tamil Nadu state president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) K Armstrong was hacked to death by an unidentified gang near Chennai's Sembium on Friday evening. The 52-year-old leader was declared brought dead by the doctors at the health facility to which he was rushed after the attack, reports claim.
People and BSP cadres have started crowding at Chennai's Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital where the body of Armstrong is kept, news agency ANI said in a report.
As things stand here is everything we know so far about the murder of BSP's Tamil Nadu state unit chief:
1. K Armstrong was hacked to death by an unidentified gang of six men. They reportedly also attacked and injured two other people who were beside the BSP leader during the time of the attack. The duo are undergoing treatment.
2. According to the police, Armstrong was overseeing construction work of a building at Venugopal Street in Sembium at around 7 pm when the attack happened, He was in the company of a few of his party workers when the six-member gang approached, the cops said.
3. Armstrong was attacked using knives and machetes by the group who fled after the attack, The New Indian Express said in a report.
4. His party colleagues rushed him to a private hospital at Greams Road where he was declared dead. Later, his body was shifted to the Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital for postmortem.
#WATCH | Tamil Nadu: Visuals from outside Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital in Chennai, where the body of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Tamil Nadu president Armstrong has been brought.
— ANI (@ANI) July 5, 2024
He was hacked to death by an unidentified mob of 6 people near his residence in Perambur, Chennai… pic.twitter.com/UxNGJArg6W
5. The Greater Chennai Police have formed as many as 10 special teams to probe the murder and identify the accused. CCTV footage and Armstrong's call records are being checked by the police, TNIE said.
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