A local DMK functionary was hacked to death in the presence of a Sub-Inspector at Uppukulam,police sources said today. Karuppusamy died on the spot in the attack last night,police said.
Police said the Sub-Inspector had come to the village along with Karuppusamy to question his daughter-in-law’s
father whether he had threatened to murder him (the DMK functionary).On seeing Karuppusamy, the father and his sons attacked and hacked him to death in the presence of the SI, police said, adding, they then fled.A case has been registered. PTI
