In the wee hours of Monday, a 38 -year-old member of the Bharatiya Janata Party was murdered by the two assailants at one of the busiest places in Trichy district, Tamil Nadu, the reports say.

The victim was identified as Vijay Raghu and he was the BJP's vice-president of Palakkarai zone in Trichy and the reports say that he was working in a cycle stand, issuing tokens.  At around 5.30 am on Monday, he was reportedly attacked by the two assailants at the busy Gandhi market area and the reports stated that the two men had carried the sharp weapons and attacked him following which they fled the spot. 

After having been brutally attacked, victim Vijay Raghu was taken to Mahatma Gandhi government hospital for the treatment and hours later, he was declared dead. The reports have revealed that the Trichy police department has been eyeing to locate Mittai Babu and his aide Vijay Sankar who have been strongly suspected of committing the murder. The police officials have been probing the footage that was recorded in the area at the time of the incident.

The police had cited that Mittai Babu, the prime suspect in the case, and the daughter of Vijay Raghu were been in love with each other and Babu had recently come out of the prison and he allegedly has dozens of cases pending including the case of assaulting Vijay Raghu's brother in law.  The police department had a strong assumption that Babu could have killed Raghu as Raghu was against of their love affair and blocking the duo's relationship.

The BJP cadres across the district had staged a protest in front of the Mahatma Gandhi government hospital where they urged the police to arrest the suspects who killed their fellow party man. The police had highlighted that they had installed special teams to detain the suspects who have been at large. The special teams had deployed to Tiruvarur and Perambalur to locate the suspects.

The BJP party men had blocked the road that connects to the hospital and they dispersed from the spot after the police assured them to apprehend the accused.