Chennai, Feb 4 (BPNS)

The Tamil Nadu police have detained seven people including a local level AIADMK leader late Thursday night over the murder of a DMK leader at Madipakkam on Tuesday night.

Police said that the AIADMK leader Radhakrishnan who was picked up from the Samayapuram toll gate along with his driver is suspected to be the main accused in the murder of Selvam, a local leader of the DMK at Madipakkam on Tuesday night. Police said that the murder is related to a property dispute and that Radhakrishnan had used his henchmen to do away with Selvam who was supposed to contest the local polls slated for February 19.

Radhakrishnan, according to police is the secretary of the AIADMK Amma Peravai in Tuticorin. His driver Dhanaseelan,  Vignesh,  Bhuvaneswar of Pallavam road, Sanjay (21) of Vyasapadi,  Vignesh (26) of Arkonam, Kishore Kumar (21) of Tiruvallur are the suspects in the murder of Selvam and are under police custody.

Sources in Medapakkam police told IANS that the interrogation of the seven is on and that property dispute is slated to be the main motive for the murder.

Selvam was hacked to death by a gang while he was in a conversation with his friends on Tuesday night at Bazar road in Madipakkam. The assailants, according to police reached in a car and two bikes and hacked Selvam to death on the spot. Tension is prevailing in the area.