Overview

• Police confirmed P. Nagendran died at Government Stanley Hospital in Chennai and his body was sent for post-mortem.
• Accounts of cause of death differ, with police citing a heart attack and renal issues and hospital sources pointing to liver failure.
• Nagendran was named Accused No. 1 and identified by police as the key conspirator in BSP leader Armstrong’s July 2024 murder.
• At the time of his death he was serving life at Puzhal Central Prison for a 1997 murder and had a long record of violent offenses.
• The Principal Sessions Court granted interim bail to his son, N. Aswathaman, until October 13 to attend the funeral, as the CBI reinvestigation continues and two suspects remain believed to be abroad.