On 8th February 2023, a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) municipal councilor named Chinnaswamy and his accomplices beat Prabhakaran, an Indian Army soldier from Krishnagiri. On 15th February 2023, Prabhakaran succumbed to the injuries.
The scuffle resulted due to a minor argument that broke out on 8th February between Prabhakaran and Chinnaswamy who objected to the soldier and his brother Prabhu washing clothes at a water tank near their house. Later on that day, they were ambushed by Chinnaswamy and others, who brutally beat Prabhakaran.
BJP state president K Annamalai tweeted, “I was shocked and angry when I heard the news that a 29-year-old soldier was beaten to death by a DMK municipal councilor near Bochampalli in Krishnagiri district. Soldiers are not safe in their hometown due to DMK anarchy. The DMK and its allied parties have turned to the extent of threatening their families, attacking and even killing soldiers who are protecting the country at the border, risking their lives.”
தங்கள் உயிரையும் துச்சமென கருதி எல்லையில் நாட்டைக் காக்கும் பணியில் ஈடுபட்டுள்ள வீரர்களையும், அவர்கள் குடும்பத்தினரை மிரட்டுவதும், அவர்கள் மேல் தாக்குதல் நடத்துவதும், தற்போது கொலையே செய்யும் அளவுக்கு, திமுக மற்றும் அதன் கூட்டணிக் கட்சிகள் உருமாறியுள்ளது. (2/4)
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) February 15, 2023
K Annamalai added, “Tamilnadu’s chief minister is keeping the police in hands. the public is watching to see how is the law and order situation in the state. I request on behalf of BJP Tamilnadu that strict action should be taken against the killers immediately and that such anti-social acts should be prevented from happening.”
உடனடியாக கொலையாளிகள் மேல் கடுமையான நடவடிக்கை எடுக்கவும், மேலும் இது போன்ற சமூக விரோதச் செயல்கள் நடக்காமல் தடுக்க வேண்டுமென, @BJP4Tamilnadu சார்பில் வலியுறுத்துகிறேன். (4/4)
— K.Annamalai (@annamalai_k) February 15, 2023
After receiving a report from Prabhu, the police detained six of the attackers. Rajapandi, one of the detained suspects, is Chinnaswamy’s son.