The Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) SC/ST Morcha south district president in Chennai, Balachandran, was hacked to death on Tuesday, 24 May, a night after a three-member gang attacked him while he was having tea at a wayside stall.
The incident occurred at Chindarapet in Chennai.
Balachandran was facing death threats and was assigned a personal security officer (PSO) by the Tamil Nadu Home Department.