Tamil Nadu Congress Leader, Missing For 2 Days, Found Dead In His Farm

KBK Jayakumar Dhanasingh, the Tirunelveli East District Congress Committee President, who had been missing for the past two days, was found dead at his farm at Karaichithupudur village under Uvari police limits in this Southern district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday.

Uvari police found Jayakumar’s fully burnt body in the garbage yard on the farm, located near his house.

Police said Jayakumar went missing from his house on Thursday evening, and following a complaint from his son J Karuthaiah Jefrin, a search operation was launched.

As per media reports, copper wires were found around Jayakumar’s limbs and police suspect that his hands and legs were tied with electric cables before he was set ablaze and insulation on the electric cables had melted in the fire.

The police also recovered the Voter ID and Aadhar cards of the deceased from the farm.

The police suspect that the victim was killed by assailants, who then tried to destroy the evidence by setting the body on fire. The police are also looking into other causes of the death, including suicide.

According to Superintendent of Police (SP) N.Silambarasan, forensic experts visited the spot and held investigations. Jayakumar’s body was removed to the Government Tirunelveli Medical College Hospital for autopsy.

Five special police teams have been formed to probe the murder.

On April 30, Jayakumar approached police claiming a threat to his life over financial transactions and listed the names of eight persons, of them few Congress leaders including a sitting Congress MLA, a former Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) President who issued death threats to him.

He also stated suspicious movements of strangers around his house were seen by him during night times and appealed to the police to take suitable action.

Meanwhile, Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC) chief K Selvaperunthagai condoled the death of his party colleague and recalled his contributions to the party. The opposition lashed out at the ruling DMK and the state police over the matter. AIADMK general secretary and Leader of Opposition, Edappadi K Palaniswami, expressed shock over the matter and sympathised with the family of the deceased.

The incident involving the leader of a national party was “the peak of deterioration of law and order,” in Tamil Nadu, he alleged in a post on ‘X.’ Those behind the incident should be arrested and due legal action initiated against them, he demanded. BJP state president K Annamalai claimed Dhanasingh had written to the district police earlier, claiming threat to his life and had mentioned some individuals then. He alleged police did not act on the plaint.

“If this is the case of a complaint given by the district president of the Congress party in the DMK rule, there is a strong question about the law and order safety of the common people,” he said on ‘X.’ He urged that a proper probe should reveal the facts behind the incident. PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss also questioned the ruling DMK over the law and order situation, citing the Congress functionary’s death.

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