According to police, Jeyakumar’s body was found with his hands and legs tied with electric cables, indicating possible homicide.
Congress leader Jeyakumar Dhanasingh
The half-burnt body of a Tirunelveli district Congress leader, who was missing for the past few days, was found on Saturday, 4 May, police said.
The body of KPK Jeyakumar Dhanasingh was found at his farm, police said. The incident also comes in the wake of the victim claiming a threat to his life recently. He was the head of Congress’ Tirunelveli (East) unit.
Jeyakumar’s son had earlier filed a complaint with the police that his father was missing.
According to a report by the Indian Express, Jeyakumar’s body was found with his hands and legs tied with electric cables, indicating possible homicide.
Police have formed five teams and launched an investigation, exploring multiple angles including potential land deals involving Jeyakumar.
They are yet to receive the post-mortem report.
“We are probing all possible angles in this case,” said a top police source. “Circumstances suggest that it was murder, and we are leaving no stone unturned to unravel the mystery,” the police source said.
On 30 April, Jeyakumar filed a complaint alleging that he had been receiving death threats from several individuals following a financial dispute
In the complaint, he had also raised concerns about suspicious activities around his residence at night.
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.
நெல்லை மாவட்ட காங்கிரஸ் தலைவர் திரு. ஜெயக்குமார் தன்சிங் அவர்கள் 2 நாட்களாக காணவில்லை என்று அவரது மகன் புகார் அளித்திருந்த நிலையில், அவர் எரிந்த நிலையில் சடலமாக மீட்கப்பட்டார் என்ற செய்தி கேட்டு அதிர்ச்சியுற்றேன். அன்னாரது குடும்பத்தாருக்கு எனது ஆழ்ந்த இரங்கல்.
இந்த விடியா…
— Edappadi K Palaniswami – Say No To Drugs & DMK (@EPSTamilNadu) May 4, 2024
BJP state president K Annamalai claimed Jeyakumar had written to the district police earlier, claiming a threat to his life and had mentioned some individuals then. He alleged police did not act on the complaint.
“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.’
காணாமல் போனதாகத் தேடப்பட்டு வந்த காங்கிரஸ் கட்சியின், நெல்லை கிழக்கு மாவட்டத் தலைவர் திரு. ஜெயக்குமார் அவர்கள் சடலமாக மீட்கப்பட்டுள்ளது மிகுந்த அதிர்ச்சியைத் தருகிறது.
கடந்த ஏப்ரல் 30 அன்றே, மாவட்டக் காவல் கண்காணிப்பாளரிடம், தனது உயிருக்கு ஆபத்து இருப்பதாக திரு.ஜெயக்குமார்… pic.twitter.com/Sbp76cc0fI
— K.Annamalai (மோடியின் குடும்பம்) (@annamalai_k) May 4, 2024
PMK founder Dr S Ramadoss also questioned the ruling DMK over the law and order situation, citing the Congress functionary’s death.
(With PTI inputs)
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