Thanjavur (Tamil Nadu), May 6 -- In a shocking incident, a 35-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 late 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 returning home by foot, after closing a photostat shop run by her.
The unidentified gang which followed Saranya hacked her with machetes. Her head was severed in the murderous attack.
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 ...