Nagendran, prime accused in Armstrong homicide case, dies of coronary heart assault

P. Nagendran, the prime accused within the homicide of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Armstrong, died of a coronary heart assault at Government Stanley Hospital. He had been ailing and was affected by renal points, the police stated.

The 57-year-old, who was a resident of Sathyamurthi Nagar, Vyasarpadi, was a identified gangster within the metropolis, in accordance with the police, and had been serving imprisonment for the previous 25 years in reference to varied prison circumstances together with homicide, try to homicide, and extortion. In the Armstrong case, he was named Accused No. 1 and was the important thing conspirator, the police stated.

At the time of his demise, he was serving life imprisonment at Central Prison, Puzhal, after being convicted of murdering AIADMK cadre Stanley Shanmugam in 1997 in Vyasarpadi.

Nagendran’s son, N. Aswathaman, an advocate and former Congress functionary, is Accused No. 3 within the Armstrong homicide case. He and one other identified gangster Sambhav Senthil have been additionally named conspirators. According to the police, Aswathaman, like his father, was concerned in varied prison actions. The father-son duo had a longstanding enmity with Armstrong because of his frequent interference of their enterprise, the police stated.

Nagendran and his associates have been additionally concerned within the homicide of A. Thenarasu, who was the secretary of the Chennai North unit of the BSP and an in depth affiliate of Armstrong. In February 2015, Thenarasu, who was an accused in a minimum of three homicide circumstances and greater than a dozen different prison circumstances, had simply emerged from a marriage corridor at Thamaraipakkam village close to Vengal, when he was murdered.

Bail granted

The Principal Sessions Court, in the meantime, has granted interim bail to Nagendran’s son Aswathman till Monday (October 13) so he can take part in his father’s funeral. The courtroom additionally stipulated sure bail circumstances.