Overview

• Balamurugan, 30, served as Tiruppur North town president of Hindu Munnani when three assailants surrounded him near his Kumaranandhapuram residence around 4 AM and fatally hacked him.
• District police immediately secured the scene, retrieved nearby CCTV footage and opened an investigation to identify and apprehend the unidentified attackers.
• Investigators are assessing whether personal enmity, political rivalry or ideological clashes motivated the premeditated pre-dawn assault.
• The murder follows similar violence against Tamil Nadu activists, including the July 2023 killing of BSP state chief K Armstrong and a later knife attack on a PMK functionary in Cuddalore.
• Local political and civil groups have demanded enhanced security for religious and political leaders amid growing concerns over targeted attacks in the state.