Tamil Nadu. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Tamil Nadu state president K. Armstrong has been murdered. On the basis of their preliminary investigation, police officials have said that Armstrong was murdered in retaliation for the murder of a gangster Arcot Suresh in August last year. 47-year-old Armstrong (K. Armstrong) was murdered by six miscreants near Perambur in Chennai on Friday evening.
Officials said Suresh, a Vellore native and Dalit, was a well-known figure in Perambur but had controversial relations with Armstrong. Suresh allegedly supported a gold trading company involved in a financial scam that defrauded over one lakh depositors of Rs 2,438 crore between September 2020 and May 2022. (BSP) K. Armstrong had sided with the victims and promised to return the money.
Officials said this led to tension between the two. Police investigation revealed that Suresh was murdered by a gang led by Jaipal. ACP Asra Garg further said, Armstrong was murdered by associates of Arcot Suresh, including his brother, whom we have arrested.
Let us tell you that some people riding on a two-wheeler had attacked the BSP leader. The body of the slain BSP leader has been kept at the Corporation School Ground in Chennai for public tribute. Meanwhile, BSP chief Mayawati and the party’s national coordinator have also left for Chennai to pay tribute to the leader. The BSP supremo had demanded immediate action from the Tamil Nadu government in this matter.