Tamil Nadu: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Valarpuram Village Panchayat president, BBGT Shankar, was hacked to death in Tamil Nadu's Poonamallee on Thursday night. According to the sources, the attack took place when Shankar was returning from a wedding, and police reports suggest that the assailants stopped his vehicle and threw crude bombs at it. It is reported that Shankar got out of the car to escape the attackers but was soon surrounded and hacked to death. The police arrived at the scene immediately after receiving the information and have launched an investigation into the matter.