Balachandar (30), the head of BJP’s SC/ST wing for Central Chennai was hacked to death at the heart of the city on Tuesday (May 24, 2022).
Balachandar was at Saminayakan street in Chintadripet talking to his friends. His Personal Security Officer (PSO) had stepped away to have tea nearby. At that time, four men surrounded Balachandar and started confronting him.
Sensing threat to his life, he started running from the spot. However, the men chased Balachandar on two-wheelers and brutally hacked him to death in full public view on a busy road at around 7:50 PM. The killers fled the spot in their bikes immmediately.
The area in which the cold-blooded murder happened falls under Chepauk-Tiruvallikeni, the constituency of DMK MLA and Chief Minister MK Stalin’s son Udhayanidhi Stalin, who recently had acted in a film in which he ironically plays the role of a police officer solving the murder case of two Dalit women.
The brutal murder of the BJP functionary has raised concerns over the law and order situation in the city which has of late seen a spurt in murders. Reportedly, 18 murders have occurred in just the last 20 days.
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