A Village Administrative Officer (VAO) in Tamil Nadu was allegedly assaulted with weapons and killed while he was on duty in his office on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
In a chilling daylight murder, a Village Administrative Officer (VAO) in Tamil Nadu was allegedly assaulted with weapons and killed while he was on duty in his office on Tuesday afternoon, police said.
Lourdhu Francis (56) was the VAO of Murappanadu in Thoothukudi district which is a region where illegal sand mining takes place, police said.
The role of people involved in illegal sand mining is being suspected as preliminary investigations revealed that he was murdered after the police had registered a case against a sand mining mafia gangster based on the VAO’s complaint, officials said.
Police on Tuesday arrested the gangster and are on the lookout for his associate.