Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Chennai police have formed 10 special teams to investigate the murder of Tamil Nadu Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Armstrong.

Armstrong was hacked to death by an unidentified mob of 6 people near his residence in Perambur, Chennai, on Friday night.

“On the afternoon of July 5, while Armstrong (52), state president of Bahujan Samaj Party, was standing outside his house on Venugopal Samy Kovil Street, Perambur (K-1 Sembium PS boundaries), unknown persons attacked him with knives "Due to the assault, he suffered bleeding injuries and was later admitted to the Apollo Hospital by the police with the help of passers-by. The doctors who examined him declared him dead," according to a press release from the Chennai Police.

"In this regard, 10 special teams have been formed under the leadership of Tr. Asra Garg IPS., Addl.COP (North) to investigate the motives of the murder and arrest the culprits. The special teams are intensifying the search to arrest the culprits," the statement added.

After BSP Tamil Nadu president Armstrong was hacked to death by an unidentified mob in Chennai on Friday, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) workers and supporters blocked a highway in Chennai and protested against Armstrong's murder. They demanded the immediate arrest of the accused.

Earlier, a large number of people also gathered outside the Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital in Chennai, where the body of Armstrong, president of the Tamil Nadu Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), was brought.

Meanwhile, AIADMK leader Edappadi K Palaniswami slammed the ruling DMK party over the death of BSP Tamil Nadu president Armstrong and said that if such a leader is killed, then what is the use of criticizing the law and the order in the state?

In a post on is killed, what is the point of criticizing law and order in the DMK regime? How do criminals get the courage to kill? I strongly condemn the DMK chief who has taken law and order to such a level that crimes are being committed. They commit without fear of the police, the government or the law.

"I ask Deputy Stalin to guarantee Armstrong's last peaceful rights without any obstacles," he added.

BJP spokesperson ANS Prasad asserted immediate arrest of the killers in the state.

"Our party BJP leader has already pointed out several times that the law and order situation is deteriorating in Tamil Nadu. Today, a Dalit leader has been killed. Armstrong was a young and active leader of a national party," Prasad said.

"As we have said several times, law and order is worse here in Tamil Nadu and today's murder of a party leader is a case in point. We call on this Tamil Nadu Government to ensure the immediate arrest of the murderers," he said. aggregate.