Chennai , May 24(BPNS)
BJP SC/ST morcha Chennai south district president Balachandran was hacked to death on Tuesday night. A three-member gang attacked Balachandran while he was having tea at a wayside tea stall. 
The incident occurred at Chindarapet in Chennai. Balachandran was facing life threats and he was provided a Personal security officer (PSO) from Tamil Nadu home department.
The murder of Balachandran has raised serious issues of law and order situation in Chennai with a small-time financier hacked to death publicly in a busy traffic junction at Teynampet.
Leader of Opposition and AIADMK leader, Edappadi K Palaniswami came out strongly against the failure of the state police department. He said that Chennai has turned into a murder city with 18 murders in the past twenty days.