There are reports that one of the people who killed Armstrong was a BJP leader. No official information is available on this. Whether he is a BJP member or not among the arrested persons will be known only in the police investigation.
Armstrong, who was the state president of the Bahujan Samaj Party, was hacked to death by unidentified assailants in front of his house. He was seriously injured and was rescued by his neighbors and admitted to Apollo Hospital.
Doctors declared him dead there. This murder incident is causing great shocks all over Tamil Nadu. Political parties condemned the murder.
At this stage, 8 people have been arrested in Armstrong’s murder case. 8 people including Ponnai Pala, younger brother of Arkadu Suresh, have been arrested. In this situation, it has been revealed that one of the 8 people is Selvaraj, the head of Tiruninnavur division of BJP’s SC, ST division. The police have not officially announced this yet.
Chennai Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sandeep Rai Rathore met the media regarding Armstrong’s murder. When I asked him if there was any connection between the Arudra money laundering case and Armstrong’s murder, he said that we are investigating it.
Absolutely nothing can be said about it. In the first six months of last year, 63 murders took place. Based on the information received within three hours, we arrested the accused. We will investigate what some say they are not real criminals. Rathore said that we are investigating the Armstrong murder case from all angles.
Arkadu Suresh was hacked to death last year. It is said that the murder may have taken place as revenge for Suresh’s supporters considering Armstrong to have helped in the murder.
