Prabhu, an army man, died after being thrashed by a DMK functionary and his associates.
Chennai:
The Tamil Nadu unit of the BJP on Tuesday began a hunger strike here to condemn the DMK regime for the recent killing of a jawan allegedly by a functionary of the ruling party.
The BJP said the hunger strike, which is now underway, is to demand justice for the killing of 29-year-old Lance Naik Prabhu and the attack on the residence of party’s Scheduled Caste wing chief ‘Tada’ Periyasamy.
Addressing party workers, party functionaries condemned the ruling DMK regime for the killing of the soldier and the attack on party leader Periyasamy.
In the evening, the party’s state president K Annamalai will lead a candlelight rally from Omandurar Government Hospital point on Main Anna Salai and it will end at the War Memorial near Marina Beach at a distance of about 2 km.
Prabhu, an army man, died after being thrashed by a DMK functionary and his associates. Six people were arrested in connection with the crime.
On 8 February, Prabhakaran and his brother Prabhu had an altercation with DMK functionary Chinnaswamy at Velampatti in Pochampally (Krishnagiri district) over washing clothes near the town panchayat’s water tank.
Later, the same day, Chinnaswamy and his supporters allegedly attacked Prabhakaran and his brother.
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