COIMBATORE: Communal tension prevailed in various parts of Coimbatore after a Hindu Munnani leader was hacked to death by unidentified persons last night.
C Sasikumar (36) from Subramaniyampalayam who was on his way home was attacked by four-member gang with sickles at GN Mills in Thudiyalur. Despite suffering 11 cut injuries, Sasikumar somehow managed to escape but later succumbed to his injuries in a private hospital.
Following the incident, unidentified miscreants hurled petrol bombs on a mosque in Sukrawarpet. Other than that, all the shops in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts were forced to close and few protesters even pelted stones on TNSTC buses bringing their service to a halt in many parts of the city.
Reacting to Sasikumar’s death, the Hindu Munnani's state president Kadeswara G Subramani on Friday had called for a state-wide bandh condemning the attack over the Hindu people in the state.
Meanwhile, more than 500 members of the Hindu Munnani outfit have assembled in front of Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) where Sasikumar’s body was taken for postmortem. City Police Commissioner A Amal Raj and Deputy Commissioner N Lakshmi arrived at CMCH for take stock of the situation.