BJP forms three-member team to enquire into death of TN leader

BJP President Rajnath Singh formed a three-member team to enquire into the murder of its Tamil Nadu unit general secretary V Ramesh in Salem.

BJP President Rajnath Singh has formed a three-member team to enquire into the murder of its Tamil Nadu unit general secretary V Ramesh in Salem.

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Rajya Sabha member and party spokesperson Prakash Javdekar is the convenor of the team which includes party spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman and Karnataka MP Anant Hegde.

Singh has asked the team to submit a report about the facts of the incident at the earliest, sources said.

The BJP had earlier condemned the murder and said that its activists have been attacked in Tamil Nadu in the recent past on several occasions.

V Ramesh was attacked and killed close to his home and office in Salem in Tamil Nadu. Another Party leader V Arvind had also been attacked and killed in Tamil Nadu.