BJP Worker Hacked To Death In Puducherry, Attackers Also Threw Crude Bombs

The BJP worker is said to be a close relative of Puducherry Home Minister A Namassivayam.

A BJP worker in Puducherry was allegedly hacked to death at a bakery shop in neighbouring Villianoor, police said on Monday. 

A seven member gang who had come on three motorcycles on Sunday night "first threw country bombs at Senthil Kumaran and subsequently attacked him using lethal weapons causing his death," they said.

The BJP worker is said to be a close relative of Puducherry Home Minister A Namassivayam.

On receiving information, police rushed to the spot, recovered the body and sent it to government hospital for post-mortem.