PPG Shankar (42), a BJP Tamil Nadu functionary was hacked to death by miscreants when he was travelling in his car to his home on the night of 27 April 2023.
Shankar hails from Valarpuram area next to Sriperumbudur in Kanchipuram district. He was the President of Varapuram Panchayat Council and the State Treasurer of BJP Tamil Nadu Scheduled Caste wing.
On Thursday morning Shankar had come to Chennai and went home at night in his car with the driver. His car was cornered near Nasarathpet signal on the Chennai – Bengaluru highway when a mysterious gang hurled a country bomb at the car, causing damage to the entire front part of the car.
Knowing that his life was in threat, he got out of the car and ran on the road to survive. The men who were in hiding chased Shankar, massacred him to death, and later fled the spot.
Police later arrived at the crime scene and are investigating the motive behind the brutal murder. They are examining the surveillance camera footage from the area and searching for the killers. A special team has been formed to nab the killers.
PPG Shankar’s brother (some reports say friend) PPG Kumaran, who was Sriperumbudur’s union councilor and a businessman was hacked to death by rowdies in the same manner (with bombs thrown and armed gang hacking to death) in October 2012.
It is said that PPG Shankar was planning to take revenge on Vairam from Kunradthur area who was involved in the assassination of PPG Kumaran and hence Vairam’s supporters preemptively killed him. The police are also investigating this angle.
BJP Tamil Nadu President K. Annamalai expressed shock and condemned the brutal murder of PPG Shankar calling it yet another instance of Tamil Nadu’s law and order going for a toss.
கையாலாகாத திமுக ஆட்சியில், சட்டம் ஒழுங்கு கட்டுப்பாட்டிலேயே இல்லை என்பது தினம் தினம் அரங்கேறும் குற்றச் சம்பவங்களில் இருந்து தெளிவாகிறது.
பொதுமக்கள் உயிருக்கும் உடைமைகளுக்கும் பாதுகாப்பாக இருக்க வேண்டிய காவல்துறை, ஆளுங்கட்சியின் ஏவல்துறையாக மாற்றப்பட்டு இருக்கிறது. (2/4)
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) April 28, 2023
BJP Tamil Nadu State Secretary SG Suryah said that if a man is being killed by hurling bombs in the middle of the road, it shows the incompetence of the police that is under MK Stalin’s control.
தமிழக பா.ஜ.க பட்டியலணி பொருளாளர் திரு.சங்கர் வெட்டி படுகொலை செய்யப்பட்டிருப்பது வேதனையளிக்கிறது.
வெடிகுண்டு உபயோகப்படுத்தி கொலை செய்யப்படுகிறார் என்றால் எந்த லட்சணத்தில் முதல்வர் திரு.மு.க.ஸ்டாலின் காவல்துறையை கட்டுப்பாட்டில் வைத்து ஆட்சி நடத்திக் கொண்டிருக்கிறார் என தெரிகிறது. pic.twitter.com/MRTevI61H6
— SG Suryah (@SuryahSG) April 28, 2023
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