A soldier who was attacked by a mob in Tamil Nadu has died in hospital

Chennai:

A soldier who was attacked by a mob led by a councillor of the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu has died during treatment. The 29-year-old soldier, Prabhu, had also served in Jammu and Kashmir.

The DMK councillor, Chinnasamy, and eight others thrashed Prabhu after an argument over washing clothes in a public tank in Krishnagiri district.

The police said all the nine men including the councillor have been arrested.

The opposition AIADMK condemned the DMK, headed by Chief Minister MK Stalin, for “compromising” law and order.

“The murder of the army man shows that whenever the DMK is in power, law and order are severely compromised. This has gone to the extent of killing an army man. The police are used only for vendetta against AIADMK and other opponents,” AIADMK spokesperson Kovai Sathyan told news agency ANI.