Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu), May 6 (UNI) A 38-year-old former functionary of BJP Mahila Morcha was brutally hacked to death by an unidentified gang at Udayasuryapuram village at Pattukottai in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu on Monday night.

Police said here on Tuesday that the deceased was identified as B Saranya, a native of Sellur in Madurai.

The woman was walking back to her home after closing her photostat shop.

The unidentified gang which followed Saranya attacked her on her neck and head with machetes .

Her head was severed in the murderous attack, police sources said.

The gang fled from the spot after killing the woman.

Saranya’s husband, who went in search of her as she did not return home even after late hours, found the body in a pool of blood.

Based on his complaint, police rushed to the spot and removed the body to the government hospital at Pattukottai for post-mortem.

Even as the probe is underway, three persons including Saranya’s step son B Kabilan, his associates Guhan and Parthiban surrendered before a judicial magistrate court in Madurai on Tuesday.

Saranya settled at Udayasuryapuram village with her second husband Balan (45) and was running the photostat shop, after the demise of her first husband.

Police said the murder was a fall out of a dispute between Saranya and Kabilan over sharing immovable assets of Balan. There was no political motive behind the murder, they added.

Saranya was among nine BJP members who were arrested by the police for hurling footwear at the car of then Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Dr. Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, when he was leaving Madurai airport after paying respects to the mortal remains of soldier D.Lakshmanan in August 2022. She was let out on bail by a judicial magistrate court in Madurai.

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