ConflictContemporary Tamil Nadu
Murder of BSP state president K. Armstrong
· Chennai
Prominent Dalit leader K. Armstrong, who headed the Bahujan Samaj Party in Tamil Nadu, was hacked to death near his house in Chennai.
A lawyer and Ambedkarite Buddhist, K. Armstrong had led the Bahujan Samaj Party in Tamil Nadu as state president from 2007 and was a well-known Dalit activist in Chennai politics. A group of six people attacked and killed him on 5 July 2024 close to his home, which was still being built. Dalit groups and political leaders staged protests and demonstrations in parts of the state after the killing. The murder prompted worries about law and order and about political violence in Chennai.
