In the line of fire in Tamil Nadu
5 months, 1 week ago

In the line of fire in Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

Extra-judicial killings may be seen as acts rendering instant justice to appease public outrage and the political opposition following a sensational crime. But these deaths in custody, which the police often claim are acts committed in self-defence, raise serious questions about ‘punishments’ that are not established by the rule of law and violations of the constitutional right to life, guaranteed under Article 21. Early on Sunday, the city woke up to the news that Thiruvengadam, one of the accused taken into custody by the police for interrogation, was shot dead in an ‘encounter’. In April 2003, two Tamil nationalist ideologues, Rajaram and Saravanan, were shot dead in an ‘encounter’ by the police. When he was escorted to the crime scene for reconstructing the sequence of events, Mohanraj allegedly snatched a revolver and opened fire, injuring two police personnel.

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Tamil Nadu: BJP, AIADMK members killed by unidentified persons
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu: BJP, AIADMK members killed by unidentified persons

Op India  

The recent murders of two opposition leaders in Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ruled Tamil Nadu serve as a chilling reminder of the horrifying deaths of opposition leaders particularly those of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal. In the first instance, BJP worker Selvakumar was killed close to Sivaganga district in Tamil Nadu. In another shocking incident, a worker …

Watch: Police encounters: Case closure or burial of truth? | Focus Tamil Nadu
5 months ago

Watch: Police encounters: Case closure or burial of truth? | Focus Tamil Nadu

The Hindu  

July has seen two police encounter deaths in Tamil Nadu. Four days before the Thiruvengadam encounter, the police had gunned down ‘MGR Nagar’ Durai, a history sheeter in Pudukkottai. Civil rights activists have argued that when a person in custody is gunned down by the police in an encounter, it has a chilling effect onthe co-accused in the case. We …

Chennai: BSP leader murder accused shot dead in police custody
5 months, 1 week ago

Chennai: BSP leader murder accused shot dead in police custody

India TV News  

One of the 11 accused in the murder of BSP Tamil Nadu chief K Armstrong was shot dead in Chennai on Sunday. When Thiruvengadam was taken by sleuths to a location in north Chennai as part of an investigation to unearth weapons concealed in a spot, he managed to escape and hid in a shed inside a vegetable market and …

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin, EPS Call on Armstrong’s Family
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu CM Stalin, EPS Call on Armstrong’s Family

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Four days after former BSP State President Armstrong was killed by an unidentified gang, his house in Ayanavaram saw a stream of VVIP visitors, including Chief Minister M K Stalin who called on his wife Porkodi and other family members to express condolences and also console them. The State government had provided security for the funeral of Armstrong, who …

Hand over Armstrong case to CBI: Mayawati
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Hand over Armstrong case to CBI: Mayawati

The Hindu  

The Bahujan Samaj Party leader and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati, on July 7 said that the Tamil Nadu government must hand over the investigation into the murder of the party’s Tamil Nadu president, K. Armstrong, to the Central Bureau of Investigation “if it does not have a hand in his murder”. Speaking at the funeral of Armstrong, …

“Dravidian model a murder model now…”: BJP's Tamilisai Soundararajan on BSP leader K Armstrong's killing
5 months, 2 weeks ago

“Dravidian model a murder model now…”: BJP's Tamilisai Soundararajan on BSP leader K Armstrong's killing

Hindustan Times  

BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan on Sunday hit out at the Tamil Nadu government over the killing of state Bahujan Samaj Party president K Armstrong. “Dravidian model has become murder model now…” says BJP leader Tamilisai Soundararajan “Dravidian model has become a murder model now,” the BJP leader was quoted by ANI as saying. Soundararajan also added that despite the increase …

Madras HC denies permission for Armstrong's burial at BSP office in Chennai
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Madras HC denies permission for Armstrong's burial at BSP office in Chennai

Hindustan Times  

The Madras High Court has rejected a writ petition seeking to bury Tamil Nadu BSP state president K Armstrong on the party's office premises. K Armstrong was the Bahujan Samaj Party Tamil Nadu president, K Armstrong was assassinated near his residence in Chennai on Friday evening by unidentified men. Justice V Bhavani Subbarayan of the Madras high court observed that …

Mayawati Calls for CBI Probe into Tamil Nadu BSP Leader K Armstrong's Murder
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Mayawati Calls for CBI Probe into Tamil Nadu BSP Leader K Armstrong's Murder

Op India  

On 7th June, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati issued a statement accusing the Tamil Nadu government of being lenient towards the investigation into the murder of state party chief K Armstrong. She wrote, “The gruesome killing of Mr K. Armstrong, Tamil Nadu state Bahujan Samaj Party president, outside his Chennai house is highly deplorable and condemnable. The gruesome killing of …

K Armstrong death: Consider burying Armstrong’s body in an alternative location, suggests Madras High Court
5 months, 2 weeks ago

K Armstrong death: Consider burying Armstrong’s body in an alternative location, suggests Madras High Court

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court held a special sitting on July 7 to hear a writ petition seeking permission for burying murdered Bahujan Samaj Party Tamil Nadu unit president K. Armstrong’s body within the party office premises at Perambur in Chennai and raise a tomb over there. Justice V. Bhavani Subbaroyan heard the writ petition filed by the deceased leader’s wife …

Rahul Gandhi reacts to Tamil Nadu BSP chief Armstrong's murder: ‘Deeply shocked’
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Rahul Gandhi reacts to Tamil Nadu BSP chief Armstrong's murder: ‘Deeply shocked’

Hindustan Times  

Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that he was “deeply shocked” by the killing of Bahujan Samaj Party state president K Armstrong in Chennai. “Deeply shocked by the brutal and abhorrent killing of Thiru Armstrong, the Tamil Nadu Chief of the Bahujan Samaj Party. “Tamil Nadu Congress leaders are in constant touch with …

Tamil Nadu BSP chief K Armstrong murder case: Eight arrested, CM Stalin expressed condolences
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu BSP chief K Armstrong murder case: Eight arrested, CM Stalin expressed condolences

The Hindu  

The Chennai city police have arrested 11 suspects for alleged involvement in the murder of Bahujan Samaj Party T.N. “After analysing mobile phone signals of the suspects and the CCTV footage at the scene of occurrence, we were able to nab the suspects in three hours of the attack,” said City Police Commissioner Sandeep Rai Rathore. The arrested men have …

Tamil Nadu BSP chief killed: 8 suspects detained; party workers block Chennai road
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu BSP chief killed: 8 suspects detained; party workers block Chennai road

Hindustan Times  

At least eight suspects have been detained in connection with the murder of Bahujan Samaj Party state president K Armstrong, news agency PTI reported on Saturday, citing the police. A traffic jam was reported at the Poonamallee High Road in Chennai as BSP workers and supporters blocked the road outside Rajiv Gandhi Government Hospital, where the postmortem of the party's …

BSP Tamil Nadu chief hacked to death: Mayawati reacts. Who was K Armstrong?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

BSP Tamil Nadu chief hacked to death: Mayawati reacts. Who was K Armstrong?

Hindustan Times  

K Armstrong, the Bahujan Samaj Party Tamil Nadu president, was hacked to death by a six-member gang near his house in Chennai on Friday. K Armstrong, the Bahujan Samaj Party Tamil Nadu president, The two-wheeler-borne gang attacked Armstrong, a former councillor of Chennai Corporation, near his house in Perambur inflicting grievous injuries on him, and fled. “The gruesome killing of …

Mayawati calls for 'peace' after Tamil Nadu party chief's murder, 8 arrested
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Mayawati calls for 'peace' after Tamil Nadu party chief's murder, 8 arrested

India Today  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati appealed to workers to "maintain peace" and asked the Tamil Nadu government to take strict action against the culprits after the party's state unit president, K Armstrong, was hacked to death. "The brutal murder of a hardworking and dedicated leader of the BSP in Tamil Nadu and the state party unit president K Armstrong outside …

Tamil Nadu BSP chief K Armstrong killed near his residence: Police
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu BSP chief K Armstrong killed near his residence: Police

Hindustan Times  

Tamil Nadu Bahujan Samaj Party president K Armstrong, was allegedly murdered near his residence in Chennai on Friday night, officials familiar with the matter said. The Chennai police have registered a case of murder, and a special team has been formed to track the suspects, the officer added, noting that the entire locality has been placed under a security blanket. …

Murder accused shot by Tamil Nadu police dies after four days
9 months, 1 week ago

Murder accused shot by Tamil Nadu police dies after four days

New Indian Express  

TIRUNELVELI: An accused in a murder case, who was shot by the district police in his leg on Thursday, died after not responding to treatment at the Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital on Monday. “Petchidurai and his accomplice R Chandru hacked a road worker, C Karuppasamy, to death in Vellankuli of Tirunelveli district while they were drunk. When Petchidurai attempted to …

Datta Samant murder: Rajan acquitted for lack of evidence
1 year, 4 months ago

Datta Samant murder: Rajan acquitted for lack of evidence

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: 26 years ago, trade union leader Datta Samant, whose call for a strike of Bombay’s 2,50,000 mill workers broke the back of the city’s textile industry, was shot dead by motorcycle-borne assailants. In the first set of trial in July 2000, the sessions court convicted the three actual assailants -- Arun Ananda Londhe, Vijay Ramchandra Thopate, and Ganpat Bhikaji …

How Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination changed the politics of Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
3 years, 7 months ago

How Rajiv Gandhi’s assassination changed the politics of Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu

Hindustan Times  

Thirty years ago, Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in Tamil Nadu’s Sriperumbudur on May 21, 1991 by a suicide bomber belonging to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. More recently, right before Tamil Nadu’s assembly polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led central government decided to abstain from voting in a UNHRC resolution against Sri Lanka earlier in March this year against war-crimes …

Lawyer couple murdered in broad daylight in Telangana
3 years, 10 months ago

Lawyer couple murdered in broad daylight in Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: High court advocate couple Gattu Vaman Rao and Gattu Nagamani were waylaid and murdered in broad daylight on Wednesday while they are travelling by car to Hyderabad from Manthani here. The lawyer couple had filed several cases against the TRS party’s Peddapalli Zilla Parishad chairman Putta Madhukar. A case about alleged ineligibility of Manthani municipal chairperson Putta Shailaja, wife …

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