Chennai, Feb. 7 -- A 35-year-old AIADMK functionary was found murdered and beheaded by unidentified individuals near Thiruparankundram in Madurai district allegedly over a family dispute on Friday, triggering a political slugfest in the poll bound Tamil Nadu.

"The victim has been identified as Dhanasekara Pandian alias Senthil Kumar, the district head of the AIADMK youth in the Samanatham village," said a police officer in Madurai. "He runs a tea shop in the Samanatham area and when he went to open it around 6 in the morning, four suspects murdered him," police said.

Confirming the development, opposition leader and the party's general secretary Edappadi Palaniswami (EPS) condemned the ruling MK Stalin-led government and demanded swift ...