#Tamil Nadu : State BSP Chief K Armstrong Hacked To Death ; Mayawati Reacts On X , Appeals For Peace ; Shocked CM M K Stalin Orders Investigation
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has termed the murder of K Armstrong, president of the party’s Tamil Nadu unit, as “brutal”, and said the government must act to prevent similar incidents in the future.
The 52-year-old BSP leader was hacked to death by a six-member bike-borne gang near his house in Perambur in Chennai on Friday.
In a post in Hindi on X, Mayawati said that Armstrong was “a dedicated and hardworking BSP leader”.
According to PTI, The police have formed 10 teams to crack the case, Asra Garg, Additional Commissioner (North) said late on Friday.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin took to X and said he has ordered the police to investigate the “shocking” murder “expeditiously”.
“Bahujan Samaj Party State President Armstrong’s assassination is shocking and deeply saddening. The police arrested those involved in the murder overnight. I would like to convey my deepest condolences to all of Armstrong’s party members, family, relatives and friends who are bereaved and I have ordered the police officers to conduct the case expeditiously and bring the culprits to justice as per the law,” he wrote.
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