Punish murderers of Tamil Nadu BJP leader,demands Narendra Modi

V Ramesh was attacked with sharp-edged weapons near his house in Salim town last night.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today termed as shocking the murder of Tamil Nadu BJP leader V Ramesh and demanded that culprits be punished at the earliest.

Ramesh alias Auditor Ramesh was General Secretary of BJP’s Tamil Nadu unit. The 52-year-old was attacked with sharp-edged weapons near his house in Salim town last night by unidentified assailants.

“Killing of our Tamil Nadu unit’s General Secretary V Ramesh is shocking. Spoke to TN BJP President last night and expressed sadness on the killing,” Modi tweeted.

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“My deepest condolences to the family of Shri V Ramesh. May his soul rest in peace. The culprits must be punished as the earliest,” he further said on twitter,a micro-blogging site.

Tamil Nadu BJP President Pon Radhakrishnan has said Ramesh is the fourth state-level party leader to be murdered in the last one year.

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