Chennai, Apr 25 (IANS): In a gruesome incident, a 55-year-old Village Administrative Officer (VAO) was hacked to death in his office on Tuesday.
The incident occurred at Maruppadndu in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu during afternoon hours.
According to police, Lourde was working in his office when two unidentified men reached his office and hacked him indiscriminately.
Lourde who had multiple wound injuries was brought to Government Hospital, Maruppandu but was declared brought dead by the doctors.
Sources in police told IANS that Lourde was a strict officer and had not succumbed to the bribe culture with the mining groups. Several local miners were against him and the possibility of some of these groups killing the VAO could not be ruled out.
Police said that special teams have been constituted to nab the culprits who are at large.