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Coimbatore tense as Hindu Munnani man hacked to death
A 40-year-old Hindu Munnani functionary was hacked to death by a four-member gang here late on Thursday night, leading to tension in the district and neighbouring Tirupur with the outfit calling for a bandh on Friday.
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Sasikumar, district spokesperson of the organisation, was returning home in Subramaniampalayam, on the outskirts of the city, on a two-wheeler when the unidentified assailants chased him on motorcycles and attacked him with sickles. He was rushed to a private hospital, where he died, police said. Hindu Munnani has called for a state-wide bandh on today to protest against the killing of Sasikumar. Tension prevailed in Coimbatore and Tirupur districts as the news about the murder spread. Shops and commercial establishments were closed in both the cities, and buses remained off the road since morning. Â A group of men pelted stones at the buses parked on the road side and broke window screens.Â
A police jeep was completed burnt in Thudiyalur, police said. A large number of police were deployed on the premises of the Government Hospital here, where the post-mortem examination of Sasikumar’s body was being carried out. Six special police teams have been formed to nab the culprits.  Some schools in the city declared holiday in view of the tense situation. Â
Meanwhile, Muslim organisations approached the Collector seeking intervention of the district administration and the police to put an end to the violence by Hindu outfits. They also submitted a petition to the city Police Commissioner A Amalraj. Meanwhile, leaders of various organisations and associations began to circulate messages on social media appealing for calm in a city that took a long time to recover from the 1997-98 riots.
TIMELINE OF PAST CLASHES
- December 6, 1992: Skirmishes reported in the city following Babri masjid demolition
- November 29, 1997: Three al-Umma activists murder police constable Selvaraj
- November 30 to December 1, 1997: Riots broke out following police action on a mob during which 3 al-Umma men were among 18 killed
- February 14, 1998: 58 killed after serial bomb blasts in 12 locations
- February 15, 1998: Six al-Umma men killed, three policemen injured during a raid at a hideout on Tirumal Street
- March 31, 1998: Abdul Nasser Madani, chief of PDP, held in connection with the serial blasts case
- October 24, 2007: Madani acquitted. Basha named chief conspirator and awarded life sentence and his aide, Mohammad Ansari, awarded double life term
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