Tamil Nadu: Slain BSP leader's supporters demand CM Stalin's resignation

Chennai (Tamil Nadu): Supporters of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)'s Tamil Nadu unit president K Armstrong gathered outside the Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital Mortuary here raising slogans, and demanding the arrest of the culprits.

Demand for CBI Inquiry

The protesters said they did not have faith in the Tamil Nadu government and have demanded a CBI inquiry into the murder. They have also sought the resignation of Chief Minister M K Stalin.

Heavy Police Presence

Heavy police force has been deployed at the hospital premises with senior police officers also present.

Murder of K Armstrong

Armstrong was hacked to death by a mob of unidentified men near his residence in Perambur, Chennai, on Friday evening. His body was brought to the Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital Mortuary for an autopsy. Yesterday, shops and business establishments in the vicinity downed their shutters and Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses suspended their services.

Investigation and Arrests

The Chennai police have deployed heavy security outside the hospital. The police have secured eight suspects and formed a special team to investigate the case. Additional Commissioner of Police (Law and Order), North Chennai, Asra Garg said, "In the murder case, we have secured 8 suspects so far. This is a preliminary investigation...We have formed ten teams. We are on the job to bring the offenders to light. After the interrogation of these suspects, we will be able to find the motive behind the murder...Some sharp weapons have been used..."

Mayawati condemns gruesome killing

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP chief Mayawati has condemned the gruesome killing of the party's Tamil Nadu president, asking the state government to "punish the guilty." "The gruesome killing of K. Armstrong, Tamil Nadu state Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president, outside his Chennai house is highly deplorable and condemnable. An advocate by profession, he was known as a strong Dalit voice in the state. The state Govt. must punish the guilty," Mayawati said in a post on X on Friday.

Palaniswami slams DMK

AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami also took to social media to slam the ruling DMK party over the death of BSP Tamil Nadu president Armstrong and said that if such a leader is assassinated, then what is the point of criticising law and order in the state?

(With ANI inputs)